The word “modest” may strike you as archaic, conjuring up everything from dress codes to social mores. But let’s take the simple approach here: most definitions of modest include something about being humble in your estimation of your…
Somebody once said that “all Christian thoughts should be ultimately pride-shattering.” At the center of our faith we have Jesus, our modest Savior. He didn’t count equality with God as something to be grasped or clung to. He…
“Modesty” has become a dirty word to a postmodern audience, conjuring up images of sexually-repressed, prudish religious folk who don’t know how to have fun. We youth workers start talking about modesty, and immediately youth group girls everywhere cringe…
If you spend much time watching CNN, Fox News or MSNBC, you’ll notice that people seem to regularly depend on their personality, rather than sound reasoning and facts, to give authority to their words. Proof of their convictions seems…
