How does the bible define success?

What makes a person successful? A great career? being wealthy? getting a Ph.D.? being famous and popular? The world’s definition of success is measured against what a person has accomplished or achieved in their life. The dictionary defines success as “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose“. Worldly success tends to be focused mostly on […]

Pride goes before a fall

We have all heard the saying, “Pride goes before a fall”. The origin of this saying is taken directly from the bible, something that a lot of people do not know. Proverbs 16:18 says “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” This is just one of the many verses in the bible […]

Why do we need self-examination?

Socrates the great Greek philosopher is credited with the quote, “The unexamined life is not worth living”. Socrates believed that living your life blindly without actually examining it is not worth living. As Christians, we know that every life is worth living because Jesus died on the cross so that we can have life but […]