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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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Spotlight the Scripture

In recent years I have become increasingly aware of the dangerous possibility of making the Word of God sensational. Just as people can watch spellbound ...


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The Smallness of the Self

The smallest package I ever saw was a man wrapped up wholly in himself.


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Creating What Destroys Us

In The Wounded Healer, Henri Nouwen retells a tale from ancient India: Four royal brothers decided each to master a special ability. Time went by, and ...


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Spiritual Boasting

Spiritual things are not to be boasted of. One can boast of worldly riches, and the paper money will not fly away unspent nor will the amount magically ...


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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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Self-Conscious Consequences

Preoccupation with the self produces a lack of self esteem, the opposite of what is intended.


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