Weekly Roundup: Humility

For this week’s roundup, I dug into the archives and pulled articles about humility. I choose it because this is a character quality that we all, at all times, in all places, need to grow in. 

On Pride, the Enemy of Humility

• Never Be Wise in Your Own Eyes: Three Cries of Crucified Pride | Marshall Segal | Desiring God

• Pride Disqualifies a Pastor: Why Humility Is Vital For Ministry | David Mathis | Desiring God

Examples of Humility

• The Humble Legacy of John Thornton | Taylor Berhius | The Master’s Seminary

• Humility Was His Secret Strength: Charles Simeon | John Piper | Desiring God

Humility in Leadership

• How Does Humility Lead in Conflict? Why Godly Conviction Is Not Arrogance | John Piper | Desiring God

• The Humble Leader | Kevin DeYoung | The Gospel Coalition

• Submission Isn't a One-Way Street | John MacArthur | Grace to You

The Conviction to Lead | Albert Mohler

Get this straight—leaders will be humble, or they will be humbled. The virtue of humility is deeply rooted in the Christian’s understanding of our human frailty. History is replete with examples of those who have been humbled, but this seems to be one of the hardest lessons for leaders to learn. 

Mohler, Albert. The Conviction to Lead: 25 Principles for Leadership That Matter. Kindle, location 1898.