When it came to eating food offered to idols in a way that pricked the conscience of a new believer, the Apostle Paul said that he would seek to please that believer and give up eating meat (1 Corinthians 10:33). He also said that he wasn't the least bit interested in pleasing … [Read more...] about People Pleasing
Pride
Relativism
Relativism carries with it the idea that there is no absolute truth. As a guiding assumption and, taken to it's logical conclusion, relativism destroys not only community but scientific endeavour, the study of the arts, history, medicine and more since you are no longer aiming at … [Read more...] about Relativism
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
Two Great Evils
Blaise Pascal once said that mankind suffers from two great evils: Pride and lust. Pride, he said, repels us from heaven while lust binds us to earth.1 I think he's right. Pride causes us to kick against the sovereignty of God in heaven while lust causes us to cling to and … [Read more...] about Two Great Evils