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Humility

Christian Thought

C.S. Lewis was a profound author, academic, and theologian.  Anything he wrote is well worth its place at the top of your reading list. Perhaps the most famous quote attributed to Lewis on the topic of humility is, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.”

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Christian Practice

The concept of virtue signaling might seem rather new these days, but it is as old as humanity itself. Virtue signaling is the conspicuous, intentionally out-in-the-open expression of moral values, moral righteousness, or political orthodoxy. It can be as small as dropping a key word or phrase here or there,

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Christian Practice

In the last post I briefly explained Bernard of Clairvaux’s four degrees of love. I love this model, not just because it expresses how Christians grow in faith and love, but more so how God meets us where we are and leads us toward being more free, alive, and mature

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Christian Thought

I remember a friend of mine who I think a lot of, telling me out of the blue, “Nathan, I don’t know that I feel comfortable calling myself a Christian anymore.” All of a sudden, I was really listening. He went on to say: You know, the word Christian, it

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Christian Thought

Have you ever heard that story from the Bible where the rich guy comes up to Jesus and asks, “What must I do to inherit eternal (or abundant) life?” The two men talk for a few minutes, but the punch line of the story is that it is hard for

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