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Tag: pride

  • Dream: Techie Mayor CEO

    I feel like a failure 
It feels like my fault 
Because how can He succeed 
If nobody helps Him? 
And aren’t I responsible 
If I’m the only one 
Who knows He can be trusted?

  • A Word for America, by John Dayalan Edward

    [A prophetic word from my cousin, an American citizen who leads a team of missionaries in India. — Ernie P.] Attached are some of the thoughts God has given for the States. Usually, the word of knowledge comes in part and sharing it at the right place brings greater clarity.…

  • AORTA Adolescence: The Perpetual Practice of Growing into Christ

    It may be too late to have a happy childhood, but it is never too late to have a turbulent adolescence! We as a society have lost sight of what it means to grow up. And that’s a good thing! The gift (and curse) of the Enlightenment is that each…

  • The Virtue and Emotion Pride

    One of the most controversial aspects of Knight Club is that it treats pride (“By Myself”) like anger (“Not Fair”): an emotion which is prone to sin, but is not necessarily a sin — and can even be a virtue. While it is true that the vast majority of Bible…

  • Meet the Dragons of Knight Club

    The great challenge of manhood is learning to harness our emotions to serve a good purpose. As I mentioned earlier, I believe we need to harness (not slay) these Four Dragons of Manhood: Desire, Fear, Anger & Pride.  Here’s a more comprehensive summary of my current understanding: Dragons Color Green Yellow…

  • Knight Club: Moral Authority and the Fourth Dragon

    One of the ways I tackle “wicked problems” is by exploring different possible answers in order to help clarify the essential question. My posts on flying and mastering the dragons of manhood have been useful in helping me recognize that the two main questions Knight Club is trying to answer are:…

  • LEAD! B.5 From Pride to Humility

    Pride is the deadliest of the deadly sins, and the one we tend to least recognize in ourselves. Embracing godly humility is a foundation for all the other virtues.

  • LEAD! B.4 From Folly to Love

    Folly is a cycle of self-punishment disguised as the pursuit of pleasure. The only way out is to receive God’s love, to the point where we love Him more than the false gods to which we’ve enslaved ourselves.

  • LEAD! Part B: Christian Character

    As mentioned earlier, the LEAD! Bible Study is a tripod, built on three legs: theological education character formation skill development Having finished writing the lessons for Part A, we now turn out attention to the second trimester (which the class will start in January). This blog post is for the…

  • Oh, Holy Knight?

    Oh, Holy Knight? 1:30 AM, Saturday, December 22nd, 2007 Part I: The Meeting I ride up to the inn, both nervous and excited.  I have little experience of inns, but clearly it was built for more travelers that it now contains.  As I enter the courtyard, I spy a young…

  • Stoned, Part I: Three Stones

    5:30 AM, Sunday, March 11th, 2007 I am walking down a street of some kind, carrying  three stones I, um, excreted earlier. Semi-round, they are roughly the size of a quarter, nickel, and dime, respectively. Clean now, I juggle them in my hand, relieved to have them out, but not…