I thought subliminal advertising had been outlawed but there on page 171 of Matthew Roberts Pride it is clear that have paid to the good people who run the Carey Conference and publish RT to advertise their mag subliminally. We should be told.
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Showing posts with label Pride. Show all posts
Subliminal Advertising
I thought subliminal advertising had been outlawed but there on page 171 of Matthew Roberts Pride it is clear that have paid to the good people who run the Carey Conference and publish RT to advertise their mag subliminally. We should be told.
Pride at the PA
We had a bumper turn out at the reading group at the Pastors Academy in Finchley last Monday. We must have been around 16 and had to remove from the Library to the Lecture room where there is more space. Spencer Cunnah chaired. The book under consideration was Matthew Roberts' book on the whole subject of culture's obsession with identity. Many were quite positive about the book but several, nevertheless, felt a little nervous in places. It was hard to tease this out really but we were generally agreed that the approach to homosexuality that has dominated the evangelical scene needs refuting as this book does. Anyway very stimulating. We will meet again in May, God willing, when we will look at Rumours of a better country by Marsh Moyle.
Day Off Week 4 2024
After a funny old start to the year, I'm trying to get back into a routine so I took the day off on Tuesday in my ususal manner, as best I could. I had an annual check up at the doctor's to start the day and then I spent some time blogging and writing in connection with various projects I am currently working on. I also spent time reading Matthew Roberts' very worthwhile book Pride whcih we are due to discuss next Monday at the Pastors Academy. In the evening I watched some TV. Fool me once is a flawed Harlan Coben thing with a crazy plot but it kept us watching.
Weekly Proverb 02
Haughtiness brings shame, humility makes shrewd
Prov 11:2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom
Proverbs urges both outward and inward righteousness. Cf 3:34, 35 God mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. The wise inherit honour, but fools he holds up to shame. Also 16:18, 19; 18:12.
The word for pride here is from the idea of boiling up and refers to arrogant, presumptuous people who must have their own way. Examples are legion – the Babel builders (Ge 10), Pharaoh (Ex 1-12), Miriam (No 12), Haman (Es 5-7), Nebuchadnezzar (Da 4.30), Herod Agrippa (Ac 12). All knew disgrace due to pride. One of Saul's last acts before Samuel announced his rejection was erecting a monument to himself (1 Sa 15:12). Pride brought about Satan's fall and man's. God resists the proud and shames them – if not in this life then in that to come.
The word for humility is rare, found only here and in Mi 6:8 … walk humbly with your God.
Pride leads to disgrace (shame), humility to wisdom. The sequence implied is:
1. Pride leads to folly, folly to disgrace
Proverbs urges both outward and inward righteousness. Cf 3:34, 35 God mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. The wise inherit honour, but fools he holds up to shame. Also 16:18, 19; 18:12.
The word for pride here is from the idea of boiling up and refers to arrogant, presumptuous people who must have their own way. Examples are legion – the Babel builders (Ge 10), Pharaoh (Ex 1-12), Miriam (No 12), Haman (Es 5-7), Nebuchadnezzar (Da 4.30), Herod Agrippa (Ac 12). All knew disgrace due to pride. One of Saul's last acts before Samuel announced his rejection was erecting a monument to himself (1 Sa 15:12). Pride brought about Satan's fall and man's. God resists the proud and shames them – if not in this life then in that to come.
The word for humility is rare, found only here and in Mi 6:8 … walk humbly with your God.
Pride leads to disgrace (shame), humility to wisdom. The sequence implied is:
1. Pride leads to folly, folly to disgrace
2. Humility leads to wisdom, wisdom to honour
A rabbinic paraphrase says ‘Humble souls become full of wisdom just as low lying places become full of water.’ Guard especially against religious pride. Jesus' parable of the Pharisee and tax collector (Lk 18) teaches that everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. Lk 14 warns against taking the place of honour at a wedding feast and perhaps being humiliated when someone else claims it. Rather, take the lowest place. Jesus himself washed his disciples’ feet and is the supreme example of such wisdom. That is why his honour is so great. Cf Php 2.
A rabbinic paraphrase says ‘Humble souls become full of wisdom just as low lying places become full of water.’ Guard especially against religious pride. Jesus' parable of the Pharisee and tax collector (Lk 18) teaches that everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. Lk 14 warns against taking the place of honour at a wedding feast and perhaps being humiliated when someone else claims it. Rather, take the lowest place. Jesus himself washed his disciples’ feet and is the supreme example of such wisdom. That is why his honour is so great. Cf Php 2.
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