Pride

The Greatest Danger for Christian Ministries

What is the biggest threat to a Christian ministry? Success! Giving God the Glory What is the biggest threat to a Christian ministry? Success, so believe it or not, the Christian’s greatest risk for failure or falling is not during a trial or tribulation, but when they’ve just achieved something great. When we become successful […]

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How Knowledge Can Puff Up the Christian

by Jack Wellman

How does knowledge puff us up or make us prideful so we can avoid it happening to us. Puffer Fish How does knowledge puff us up or make us prideful so we can avoid it happening to us. It made me think of the Blowfish (family of Tetraodontidae) which are closely related to the Porcupine […]

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How Can I Get Rid of My Pride? Answers From the Bible

by Jack Wellman

Pride is dangerous for the Christian because they can have a great fall, so how can we get rid of the pride we so often display? Pride Defined Pride is dangerous for the Christian because they can have a great fall, so how can we get rid of the pride we so often display? Pride […]

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What the Bible Says About Church Leadership and Humility

by Jack Wellman

What does the Bible teach about church leadership and humility? Moses’ Example What does the Bible teach about church leadership and humility? Moses was said to be the meekest man on the face of the earth (Num 12:3-5), but he would have been the last one to say that publically. If someone says, “I am […]

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Why Does God Resist the Proud?

by Jack Wellman

The Bible teaches that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble, so why does God resist the proud so much? God the Evangelist The Bible teaches that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble, so why does God resist the proud so much? For those who continually reject Jesus […]

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How Biblical Knowledge Can Puff Up Christians

by Jack Wellman

It’s good to have biblical knowledge as we’re told to grow in the knowledge of God’s grace, but what is the danger of knowing much about the Scriptures Toxic Inflatables Blowfish are part of the family of Tetraodontidae, which are closely related to the Porcupine fish and Puffer fish. Looking at these fish I am […]

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How Pride Hinders The Christian Life

by Jack Wellman

Pride comes just before the fall, but how does pride hinder the Christian’s life and why is it such a big sin? Pride Pride comes just before the fall, but how does pride hinder the Christian’s life and why is it such a big sin? Pride is a huge problem for the unsaved, but even […]

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What Does It Mean To Harden Your Heart?

by Jack Wellman

How do our hearts get hardened? Does rejecting the gospel over and over again harden a person’s heart? Dead in Sins The Bible doesn’t paint a very pretty picture of what we were like before God saved us. At one time, all of us were dead in our sins, with no hope to be saved, […]

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The Hidden Danger Of Biblical Knowledge

by Jack Wellman

Knowledge is good, but knowledge can fill a person full of pride…and that’s a problem. The Blowfish Blowfish (family of Tetraodontidae) are closely related to the porcupine fish and Puffer fish, and both are highly dangerous. These fish are listed as the second most poisonous vertebrate in the known world, not just in the ocean! […]

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4 Examples Of Humility In The Bible

by Jack Wellman

Here are four great examples of humility in the Bible. Christ’s Example There is no greater example of humility in the entire Bible than you find in Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul writes of Christ in Philippians that we should “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than […]

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