Pride Is Idolatry, Worshiping a Caricature God of One’s Own Image

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Matt Jury under C. S. Lewis

How is it that people who are quite obviously eaten up with Pride can say they believe in God and appear to themselves very religious? I am afraid it means they are worshipping an imaginary God.

C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

Moral Insanity

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Matt Jury under W. Graham Scroggie

Pride, conceit, vanity are forms of moral insanity.

W. Graham Scroggie, Psalms (Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1973), 274.

The Christmas Psalms

The Most Subtle Pride

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Matt Jury under Andrew Murray

There is no pride so dangerous, none so subtle and insidious, as the pride of holiness.

Andrew Murray (1828-1917)

Loving To Be Loved

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Matt Jury under Amy Carmichael

If I love to be loved more than to love, to be served more than to serve, then I know nothing of Calvary love.

Amy Carmichael (1867-1951)

Having a Hard Time Getting Along with Someone?

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Matt Jury under Carson K. Fremont, Walter G. Fremont

It is extremely hard for a Christian to submit to others when he has not first submitted his life to the full control of the Holy Spirit. A proud spirit, arrogance, or the lack of a servant’s heart is a sure sign of failure to submit to God’s control.

Walter G. Fremont and Carson K. Fremont, Power to Serve, pp. 34-35

The Only Cure for Pride

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Matt Jury under Milton Vincent

Pride wilts in the atmosphere of the Gospel.

Milton Vincent, A Gospel Primer, p. 28

How You Can Measure Your Pride

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Matt Jury under C. S. Lewis

The more pride we have, the more other people’s pride irritates us.

C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)