Leftovers
Leftover sermon notes from "The Insanity of Pride" (September, 28th)
This quote on pride from Iain M. Duguid didn't make it into the sermon. But it is helpful, insightful, and worth sharing.
"...looking away from oneself is the essence of true humility, and the means by which we can distinguish it from the counterfeit form. Counterfeit humility may confess cringingly, "Oh how worthless I am," yet its eyes are still fixed on itself. In counterfeit humility, I am caught up in my weakness rather than my strength, but I am still as focused on myself as I was in my pride. True humility, in contrast, looks away from myself to heaven."
This quote on pride from Iain M. Duguid didn't make it into the sermon. But it is helpful, insightful, and worth sharing.
"...looking away from oneself is the essence of true humility, and the means by which we can distinguish it from the counterfeit form. Counterfeit humility may confess cringingly, "Oh how worthless I am," yet its eyes are still fixed on itself. In counterfeit humility, I am caught up in my weakness rather than my strength, but I am still as focused on myself as I was in my pride. True humility, in contrast, looks away from myself to heaven."