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How is Pride the enemy of Hope?
Presumption is the sub-vice of Pride which runs counter to hope and that's the specific kind of pride being talked about here, I think.
Presumption is here considered as a vice opposed to the ...
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How is Pride the enemy of Hope?
Pride says I can do it. It being doing enough to save myself, doing enough penance for forgiveness, doing enough earn enough merits to attain heaven.
Despair says no one can do it. It being saving ...
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Are there theological explanations for why God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble?
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Commensurate with their creatureliness and their need for salvation, the humble will ask and receive gratefully what they need from God. But the proud will not ask and will not receive. ...
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What happened to Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom during his punishment
Daniel 4:29-33 is the culmination of writings, beginning with a Babylonian history, a series of Dead Sea Scroll fragments known as pseudo-Daniel and then the biblical book of Daniel.
M. H. Henze (The ...
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How is Pride the enemy of Hope?
Stubbornness is a detrimental aspect of pride mentioned in Jeremiah 13:9 and 10:
9 “This is what the LORD says: ‘In the same way I will ruin the pride
of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. 10 ...
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Are there theological explanations for why God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble?
A very simple answer is that humility before God opposes the sinful nature that we all have from Adam. God will resist that which appeases our sinful inclinations and be graceful towards even our ...
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Is there acceptable pride based on Galatians 6:4 and if so how is it different than regular pride?
Comparing versions of the same verse can be enlightening, but also frustrating. By going to biblestudytools.com, for example, you can compare 25+ versions on the same page! Here's what I found by ...
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