A condescending holiness

One of the biggest dangers, I believe, that we have as believers in the Church is to think that we are above those around us. It is easy to have a certain ‘holy pride,’ knowing that we have been chosen to be numbered among God’s elect, and also that we are striving to live a godly life. We may become, in our minds and in our speech with fellow Christians, condescending towards those we know who are not of the Church, or who are walking a life of sin. There is a certain pride that is acceptable...