As I continue with my series of posts on Andrew Murray's brief book Humility, today I look at both chapter seven, "Humility and Holiness," and chapter eight, "Humility and Sin." These two chapters augment one another as counterpoints on similar themes. In addressing the relationship between humility and holiness, Murray writes: "Humility is the bloom and the …
Thursdays with Murray [Humility, week 6]
Continuing with my posts from Andrew Murray's short book Humility, I turn to chapter six, "Humility in Daily Life." Time and again in this chapter Murray returns to the theme that any supposed humility we have before God will be proved true, or not, by the humility with which we relate to those around us. Here are …
Thursdays with Murray [Humility, week 5]
As I continue interacting with Andrew Murray's writings over the next number of weeks, I am currently spending time first with his short book Humility. In the fifth chapter of the book, Murray turns his attention from humility in the life and teaching of Jesus to the humility of Jesus' disciples. As one might expect, the …
Thursdays with Murray [Humility, week 4]
As I continue interacting with Andrew Murray's writings over the next number of weeks, I am currently spending time first with his short book Humility, which a friend shared with my recently. After looking at how humility is the secret of our salvation and the way in which Jesus models humility in his life, Murray focuses …
Image and Idolatry
A quick search online reveals that a lot of us have image problems. Not only do you and I have image problems, but it seems like every category of person, career, human activity, and individual has an image problem. The Satanic Inversion of the Image of God As I mentioned in my message this past …
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