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Vanity

A young woman went to her pastor and said, "Pastor, I have a besetting sin, and I want your help. I come to church on Sunday and can't help thinking ...


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The Principle of Hell

The one principle of hell is "I am my own!"


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First You Must Be Nothing

God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.


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Prodigals All

Our addictions make us cling to what the world proclaims as the keys to self-fulfillment: accumulation of wealth and power; attainment of status and admiration; ...


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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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Too Self-Centered to Do Christ's Will?

If I really wanted only Christ's will (as I claim), then when you remind me in front of a nominating committee that I never get things in on time, ...


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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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Virtues of Character Development

Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change. And when we are right, make us easy to live with.


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Pride Is a Contradiction

Oh what a constant companion, what a tyranical commander, what a sly and subtle insinuating enemy, is this sin of pride! ... Is not pride the sin of devils--the ...


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