Tag: pride
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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 […]
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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 […]