Tag Archives: vainglory

Eager Concerning Doctrines

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Administrator

For which of you when in his house takes some Christian book in hand and goes over its contents, and searches the Scriptures? Continue reading →

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Dislike of Self-display

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Administrator

seeing that he could speak eloquently with as much ease as others displayed when speaking in a normal way? But it was due to his long habit of silence and his dislike of self-display. Continue reading →

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On the many forms of vainglory

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Administrator

The sun shines on all alike, and vainglory beams on all activities. For instance, I am vainglorious when I fast, and when I relax the fast in order to be unnoticed …. Continue reading →

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He Wrote on the Walls

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Administrator

Then, going to the wall, he read the names and cried to himself: ‘When you possess all these, then you will know how far you still are from God!’ Continue reading →

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