Tag: pride

• After hearing a sermon on Pride

  

  Pride is the sermon for today, a serious malfunction of the soul. The preacher presented the consequences and pointed the way to be made whole. To be proud and to be arrogant is to follow in the devil’s steps; ‘Tis the humble and the penitent whom the Holy Spirit helps. I surrender, Lord, this vicious […]

  attycortes

  August 24, 2019

  poetry

  My Poems, pride

• Pride

  What is pride? Here’s C.J. Mahaney’s definition in his book Humility: True Greatness – Pride is when sinful human beings aspire to the status and position of God and refuse to acknowledge their dependence upon him. Making use of an insight of Charles Bridges, Mahaney goes on to say that pride is “contending for supremacy […]

  attycortes

  June 12, 2009

  Spirituality

  C.J. Mahaney, humility, pride, Spirituality