June marks LGBT Pride Month, but what does the Bible say about humility, pride and holiness? Erik Strandness explores

The Bible calls us to be holy like he is holy. A worthy goal to be sure, but sadly this endeavour often gets confused with ritual and law and we end up taking pride in our moral cardiovascular fitness rather than in a broken and contrite heart.

“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” (Psalm 51:17)

We boast about how tough our heart of stone is and forget that God prefers a heart of flesh.

“And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” (Ezekiel 36:26)

We fill our ego with legalistic hot air and confuse… (Register to read the rest of the article)