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Perfectionism Gone Awry

If practiced to perfection, any virtue can become a vice. Prudence creates niggardliness; honesty, cruelty; self-respect, vainglory; knowledge, condescension; ...


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Beware Ambition

They that soar too high often fall hard; which makes a low and level dwelling preferrable. The tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious ...


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Downward Mobility

Everything in me wants to move upward. Downward mobility with Jesus goes radically against my inclinations, against the advice of the world surrounding ...


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Aiming Too High

Some people get so caught up in their own holiness that they look at the Trinity for a possible vacancy.


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Heaven Helps the Humble

Christ sends none away empty but those who are full of themselves.


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Headed for a Fall

When a man thinks he has got a good deal of strength, and is self-confident, you may look for his downfall. It may be years before it comes to light, ...


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Pride Goeth Before a Fall

Homiletics (Jan.-Mar./96) told of a turtle who wanted to spend the winter in Florida, but he knew he could never walk that far. He convinced a couple ...


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The Desire to Be Great

We all want to be great, but we don't want folks to know we want to be great.


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The Danger of Raw Ambition

Raw ambition pours sand in the ministry gears and forces the machinery to produce an unholy product: human pride.


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