This is how self-righteousness is developed. When we would just depend on our own ideas about what is true, good and beautiful, independently of God, there is no way but for us to fall into this trap ...
How well do we follow these summary principles? The catechism question before us now is like a mirror that strips away all our self-righteousness. It leaves us, as it were, ashamed and defenseless, ...
The answer is No, because in that state of divine grace there is no 'I', it no longer lives, but Christ lives in me. This self forgetting, is the beginning of the journey, it is a pure act of grace ...
EXCLUSIVE: Megan Mullally and Seann William Scott will join the cast of The Righteous Gemstones in season 4 of the HBO comedy. Mullally (Will & Grace) will guest star as Lori Milsap, a long-time ...
Sound familiar? If so, you’re not alone. For many of us, our inner voice is our harshest critic, tearing us down with a running commentary of self-doubt and blame. And yet, we’d never talk to ...
The community’s obsession with Israel and Zionism serves as an additional foil to the troubles of the community itself, allowing those in power to shirk their duties and promote their own self ...
Even his prayer is “with himself”, God seems far removed from his self-righteous boasting ... is that we are all Pharisees at heart; only the realization (and acceptance) of this dilemma ...
Giles Fraser and guests hear from Jonathan Aitken, notoriously labelled a hypocrite, to explore how the Pharisees became a byword for hypocrisy. Show more The word hypocrite gets used with such ...
It was all for our own good. But it is not good. Take those feelings of emptied self-worth and humiliation and multiply them across a society. Remember how you felt standing by doing nothing while ...
Despite his evolving views, Malcolm X’s past comments and continued criticisms of Jewish influence in Black movements created ...