The sinful heart of modern man has managed to turn humility on its head. Humility used to mean being certain about what God thinks and doubtful about what we think. Today, being certain is arrogance, and being doubtful is praised as the virtue of humility. Did God really … [Read more...] about Humility
Humility
Doing What Jesus Would Do
In Ephesians 5:1-2, the Apostle Paul urges the church to be imitators of God. Specifically, Paul calls us to walk in the same kind of love that Jesus walked. The kind that leads us to offer ourselves up to God for the sake of others (cf. John 13:34). This kind of imitation is … [Read more...] about Doing What Jesus Would Do
Too Big for Our Boots
In his book, Tremendous Trifles, G. K Chesterton tells of two boys playing in the front garden of their tiny home in England. The garden was about the same size as a dining table. It consisted of four narrow strips of gravel and a square of turf with an old tree stump in the … [Read more...] about Too Big for Our Boots
Jesus, Little Ones
Luke 17:1-10 brings to a close Jesus meal with the Pharisees. Now, Jesus tells His disciples that it will be a horrible day of judgement for those who neglect or lead astray the weak among them. It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast … [Read more...] about Jesus, Little Ones