How Can I Kill My Selfishness?

How Can I Kill My Selfishness? – “Selfishness is a many-headed monster. It is, in a sense, the most destructive disease of the human soul.”

Drawn by a Desire for the Better

Drawn by a Desire for the Better – “For our desires to be freed from their enslavement to selfish motives and selfish goals, we must have an object of a better nature that is more worthy of our desire. Christ and his saving work on the cross is such an object.”

Flee the Gospel of Me

Flee the Gospel of Me – “The smartphone, of course, did not invent this pervasiveness of self-centeredness. It’s only given our personal Babel-building newer tools (and fed it plenty of apps). Sin has always taught us to put ourselves at the center of everything — even the gospel.”

It's All About The Center

It's All About The Center – “We put ourselves in the center, decide for ourselves what we want life to be like, and reduce God to little more than the delivery system for our catalog of self-oriented dreams.”

Is “Be True to Yourself” Good Advice?

Is “Be True to Yourself” Good Advice? – “Today, we have a do-it-yourself self or a self-made self, which looks only inward to find itself. Academics call this expressive individualism.”

The Absurdity of Selfishness and the Certainty of Death

The Absurdity of Selfishness and the Certainty of Death – “Have you ever considered it, the absurdity of selfishness? Think about it. When our sole aim is to make much of ourselves and be made much of by others, death is the ultimate slap in the face. Death destroys everything we hold dear.”

Should We Pursue Self-Love?

Should We Pursue Self-Love? – “We are taught to love God above all and love our neighbor above all but God. So where does that leave love of self?”