All of us have inflated views of ourselves, especially in self-righteousn ess, until we have visited a place called Calvary. It is there, at the foot of the cross, that we shrink to our true size.

God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be.

We need to repent of the haughty way in which we sometimes stand in judgment upon Scripture and must learn to sit humbly under its judgment instead.

Pride is more than the first of the seven deadly sins; it is itself the essence of all sin.

At every step of our Christian development and in every sphere of our Christian discipleship, pride is the greatest enemy and humility our greatest friend.

It is a great comfort to know that our judge will be none other than our savior.

The truth is that there are such things as Christian tears, and too few of us ever weep them.