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The Generation of the Self

While evangelicals reject "unbiblical Narcissism," there is little remorse today for the sinful self; prime concern centers, rather, on self-potential, ...


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Self-Indulgence: Enemy of Gratitude

Self-indulgence is the enemy of gratitude, and self-discipline usually its friend and generator. That is why gluttony is a deadly sin. The early desert ...


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Self-Pity as an Art

The attractiveness of pity and the ugliness of self-pity are unarguable. Yet we live in a society in which self-pity far exceeds pity. The excessively ...


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The Wrong God

The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed. Think for yourself whether much of your sorrow has not arisen from someone speaking slightingly of you. ...


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Only God Satisfies

The man or woman who does not know God demands an infinite satisfaction from other human beings which they cannot give, and in the case of the man, he ...


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Home Mission Field

We have a real problem in this country when it comes to values. We have become the kind of societies that civilized countries used to send missionaries ...


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Self-Love First?

The reigning cliche of the day is that in order to love others one must first learn to love oneself. This formulation--love thyself, then thy neighbor--is ...


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New Types of "Freedom"

Today, "freedom" seems to mean the right to abort one's child or to censor certain lofty ideas from the public schools while tolerating ...


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Dealing with Difficult People

Coping with difficult people is always a problem, especially if the difficult person happens to be yourself.


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A Fruitless Quest

The search for self-fulfillment is endless, and endlessly frustrating.


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