I am increasingly convinced that just as pride is the mother of all sin, humility is the mother of all righteousness. It seems to me that humility can be viewed as the chief barometer of spiritual growth. Growing pride and growing holiness are incompatible. This, then, ought to be a chief expectation of Christian leadership.
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