Humbled: Welcoming the Uncomfortable Work of GodHow do I humble myself? Humility, according to the Bible, is not something we can just up and do. Both the negative and positive examples of Scripturefrom Pharaoh to Rehoboam, from Josiah to Ahab, from Hezekiah to Manasseh, and even to Christ himselfteach us that humility first comes from the hand of God. He initiates the humbling of his creatures. And once he has, the question confronts us: Will you receive it? Will you humble yourself in response to

Armand Tiffe is Pastor Emeritus of Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Heights

I was both encouraged and convicted that loving the people in my local church just might be the most radical testimony of Christ that I could make in this world

and visiting professor of systematic theology at Westminster Seminary California

• What common threads link each of the parables together

with patterns remolded and rethought in faithfulness to Christ

But God is faithful

Northampton

It’s not often that we hear the virtues of the small

modern pastors feel undue pressure to entertain congregants and increase attendance numbers

one has to learn faith in Christ

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it’s easy to feel discontent when things aren’t going as planned and our dreams are delayed—especially when questions of “Why