humility
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Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves… You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had … (From Philippians 2:3-5) This past Lenten season (Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday), our church replaced our normal corporate prayer time with
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Every New Year’s Day, millions of people around the world (billions?) make resolutions of things they want to do or change in the new year. Usually those “pledge lists” include the usual items of “lose weight,” “swear less” or “stop smoking.” Some might resolve these days to spend less time on Facebook; or maybe even…
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Ripped from the headlines today: “Archbishop’s $2 million mansion gone with the wind?” A story on CNN.com goes on to explain that Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory has apologized to his parishioners after he approved the construction of a $2.2 million mansion to serve as the bishop’s residence for his diocese. The archbishop moved into the
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In the midst of packing for my upcoming 8-week trip to Europe I wanted to post a few comments about humility. Yesterday in church we covered Philippians 2:1-4, a passage in which the apostle Paul calls for unity in the body under the mantle of humility. He says, “Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit,
J.C. Newton 