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Humility: Rarely Popular, Always Essential

This era in history is not friendly toward humility. Humility, many think, is weak, small, ineffective, cowardice-in-disguise, part of the feminization of culture. Of course, we could say this about any era in history. Power and strength have always been the real human ethic, with personal boasting considered a sign of healthy confidence. But our disregard of humility today seems even more intensified. For Christians, that means we need to give it even more careful consideration. Our honor, stre