Tag: pride
Stubborn Pride holds many Christians to the Pre-Trib. belief
Sorry to be blunt, but this looks like stubborn Pride Stubborn pride is hard to shake. And for many Christians today, a belief in the pre-tribulation rapture is absolutely non-negotiable. And on cue, many will shout a heartfelt “AMEN! It is non-negotiable.” They hold to this doctrine as if it is a core tenet of…
Pride before the fall. Isaiah 39 King Hezekiah fell hard
Pride before the fall. The proud and foolish king. In chapter thirty-nine we see the classic case of pride before the fall. We’re all familiar with the phrase, ‘Pride goes before the fall,’ well in this chapter we see the truth on steroids. In the previous chapters, King Hezekiah is faced with an attacking Assyrian…
Words of the Lord are pure and righteous words. Psalm 12
Psalm Twelve: The Words of the Lord are Pure Words. We can trust them The Words of the Lord are pure and trustworthy. They have endured the tests of time, intense scrutiny, censorship, critical scholarship, and neglect. Leaders, religions, countries, and cultures, have tried to destroy it by banning, burning, or blacklisting it, but it…
A humbled King- A Great God- And a Holy Watcher-Dan. 4
Daniel Chapter Four: The Great God, a humiliated King, and a Holy Watcher In this chapter, Nebuchadnezzar is an all-powerful king. But he meets the truly all-powerful God. Before we read the chapter, we can guess who wins the confrontation but the story is quite unusual. It’s one of the more bizarre stories you…
