Pride: New Wisdom and Help for Overcoming the First Deadly Sin

by John Blackwell

Overview

If Pride is the problem, what is the solution? From monks, nuns, and reformers to great writers such as Chaucher and Dante, people have recognized that the answer is humility—a truthful assessment and acceptance of who we are in relationship to God and one another. The key to humility is hospitality—the kind arts by which we welcome the friend, the stranger, and even God into our lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824523916
Publisher:	Crossroad Publishing Company
Publication date:	06/25/2006
Series:	A Series of Unexpected Reflections on the Seven Deadly Sins
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.41(d)

Table of Contents

	The Lord of the Rings	8
	Air of Superiority	13
	Taking Inventory	18
	The Snake	25
	An Illusion of Invincibility	29
	The Forbidden Tree	34
	God's Hospitality	40
	Head and Root	46
	First Test-Pushing the Limits	52
	Second Test-Celebrity	57
	Third Test-Power	61
	Greek Hospitality	63
	Hubris	68
	Trampling Tapestries	72
	The Black Hole	76
	The Art of Humility	81
	Taking Offense	85
	Control Freak	90
	The Wine of Flattery	94
	A League of My Own	100
	Implementing Humility	105
	Dred Scot	108
	"Strange Fruit"	112
	Presidential Paradox	116
	Consequences	123
	Playing God	126
	Living Water	131
	Tea With God	139
	Sustaining Humility	143
	Dignity, Dialogue, and Sophia	149
	Acknowledgments	157
	About the Author	158
	A Word From the Editor	159