Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 26, 2007
Dwight Lehman once heard a missionary tell how he was trying to do translation work in a particular tribe and found it hard to translate the word "pride," or at least the concept. He finally came to the idea to use their word or words for the ears’ being too far apart. In other words, he conveyed
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 13, 2002
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SUBTLETY OF PRIDE
Paul W. Powell once observed: “Pride is so subtle that if we aren’t careful we’ll be proud of our humility. When this happens our goodness becomes badness. Our virtues become vices. We can easily become like the Sunday School teacher who, having told the story of the Pharisee and
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Baptist
Contributed by John Scott on Aug 15, 2014
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad marches — or runs — to the beat of a different drummer. The 29-year-old French athlete was up to his old tricks Thursday. The two-time Olympic silver medalist was on the verge of winning his third straight title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the European
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Brian Harvison on Oct 3, 2023
You can even have pride in the fact that you aren’t proud
• An Amish farmer put on a new pair of overalls
• Of course the Amish are famous for their simplicity
• So, as he was shaving his mustache one morning he stepped back and admired his new clothes in the mirror
• He said This will never do,
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 21, 2005
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THE DISEASE OF PRIDE
“Pride is the only disease known to man that makes everyone sick except the one who has it”
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QUOTES ON PRIDE
Medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas said of pride: "Inordinate self-love is the cause of every sin ... the root of pride is found to consist in man not being, in some way, subject to God and His rule."
"A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Wayne Major on Mar 15, 2002
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“Pride is the king of vices. . . it is the first of the pallbearers of the soul. . . other vices destroy only their opposite virtues, as wantonness destroys chastity; greed destroys temperance; anger destroys gentleness;
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Methodist
Contributed by Mary Lewis on Feb 1, 2001
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"Pride, the idolatrous worship of self, is the
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
The greatest danger inherent in pride is the effectiveness with which our own
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Pride is to the character what the attic is to the housethe highest part,
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 4, 2007
A perverted form of pride is inordinate self-esteem.
In the fall after we married Barbara took some drapes and a quilt to the cleaners. One afternoon she asked if I wanted to go with her to get them. The young girl behind the counter was feeling her oats – hair cut just right, permed just
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 17, 2004
As I mentioned at the outset, “Pride is a killer.” One man in history learned that lesson the hard way.
During the Battle of the Wilderness in the Civil War, Union general John Sedgwick was inspecting his troops. At one point he came to a parapet, over which he gazed out in the direction of the
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
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PRIDE AND GREED SPOIL RELATIONSHIPS
Are you so focused on your career, your raise and your ambitions for the future that you fail to realize the gift of relationships that God has given you today? The second rule is that people come before possessions and positions. Otherwise, you might find
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
C.S. LEWIS ON PRIDE
"A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and of course, as long as you're looking down,
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Denomination:
Brethren
Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 28, 2011
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PRIDE AT THE DONUT SHOP
I was living in Phoenix at the time and on my way to work I stopped at a Dunkin Donuts drive through. I said to the woman at the window, "I'll have 3 cake donuts and a cup of coffee."
She started mumbling something that I couldn't hear. I thought she may be able to hear me
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