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The Danger of Raw Ambition

Raw ambition pours sand in the ministry gears and forces the machinery to produce an unholy product: human pride.


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The Mark of Holy Ambition

A striking mark of holy ambition is that it elevates Christ and not the ambitious striver.


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Ambition May Exceed Gifts

I must face the painful possibility that my ambition may exceed my gifts.


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The Danger of Ambition

The Christian who is ambitious to be a star disqualifies himself as a leader.


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Protected by Adversity

A leader's own salvation and spiritual progress are protected by humbling adversity.


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Leaders Lack Meekness

I am persuaded that much of the confusion and conflict which besets the Christian church today is not due to great issues of theology. Instead, it is ...


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Liberty and Justice for Me

The quest for freedom is becoming personal rather than political. It is a quest of self-hood, and its outcome is no better. When self-denial goes out ...


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Good Thinking

The greatest mistake of education has been to assume that intelligent people are automatically good thinkers. High intelligence does not ensure effective ...


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Wise People Learn from Others

Where there is pride, all want to lead and none want to follow or to agree. Hence is the cause of schisms, apostasies, arrogant usurpation, and other ...


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Remembering We Are Small

... At Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt and I used to play a little game together. After an evening of talk, we would go out on the lawn and search the ...


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