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I had the privilege of writing an article for Christianity Today's CT Pastors imprint that was released today. There's an excerpt below, but you can read the full article here. Gregory the Great, so tradition tells us, was a reluctant pope. Well-educated and from a wealthy family, Gregory experienced inner tension between his longing for the contemplative …
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Continuing my series of posts on Andrew Murray's brief book Humility, today I look at both chapter ten, "Humility and Death to Self," and chapter twelve, "Humility and Exaltation." While I admit I'm pulling these two chapters slightly out of order, I believe they fit together as two book-ends around chapter eleven (which we'll look at next …
In chapter nine of his book Humility, Andrew Murray explores the connection between "Humility and Faith." The benefits of the Christian life, according to Murray, are something we can see but not access until the gift of faith comes into our lives. Faith is not only trust in God or the ability to perceive the heavenly blessings of …
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 …
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 …
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