Massive Bible nerd, regular nerd, I encourage love and understanding among all people (even if we don't agree on how to do that). A Proverb & a Psalm a day.
"Why do you thus seek such a plausible reason for escaping from the Christian faith, If not because, as I again say, Christ is humble and yee proud. Are you ashamed to be corrected? This is the vice of the proud." City of God, Book 10, chapter 29. #Christianity
@AndrewTDraper @jowinnsmith Do you have anywhere one could look into those influences? I've heard it was the desert fathers but I haven't found anyone whose actually written on it with sources that show that is in fact where it came from.
Where's all my friends that speak before thinking 😅👋, I have gotten better at it slowly but surely. But that foot for sure finds it ways in my mouth still 🤣 #christian#orthodox#catholic
Thoughts from the Oracles against the Nations in Isaiah 13-23:
- God judges nations (not only individuals)
- Pride is reason for judgment of both elect and non-elect nations
- Purpose: "In that day folks will look to their Maker...not to what their own fingers have made" (17:7-8)