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 ...

When Chosroes captured Jerusalem in the year 614 and took the Precious Cross away captive, Magundat heard the report of the miracles that came to pass through the Cross of our salvation. Being of a ...

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 ...

5. Judge others harshly to prove your own righteousness. Jesus said you should never judge others when you haven’t repented your sins. In the passage, Jesus confronts some Pharisees who want to ...