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    Martin Luther
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    Deuteronomy 16:13-17, Isaiah 58:6-7 , Nehemiah 8:10-12 , Matthew 25:34-40, Luke 14:12-14 , Psalm 112:5-9
    He who gives of his goods to help the poor, to send children to school, to educate them in God’s Word and other arts ... he is giving to the baby Jesus.

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    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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    Matthew 5:3, Isaiah 57:15, Proverbs 29:23, Luke 14:11, Philippians 2:8-9, 1 Peter 5:6
    The way to rise in the kingdom is to sink in ourselves.

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    Augustine of Hippo
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    Philippians 3:7-8, Luke 10:38-42, Matthew 19:16-30, 1 John 2:15-17, Luke 14:26
    He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.

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    C. S. Lewis
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    Psalm 138:6, 1 Corinthians 10:12, Luke 14:11, Obadiah 1:3-4, Proverbs 11:2, James 4:6, Isaiah 2:12
    A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.

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    Spencer W. Kimball
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    Luke 14:11, 1 Peter 5:5-6, Psalm 149:4, Isaiah 57:15, James 4:6, Matthew 5:5
    Humility is royalty without a crown.

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    G. K. Chesterton
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    1 Peter 5:5-6, Matthew 23:12, Isaiah 2:12, Proverbs 11:2, Luke 14:11, Psalm 147:6
    Pride juggles with her toppling towers, They strike the sun and cease, But the firm feet of humility They grip the ground like trees.

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    C. S. Lewis
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    Matthew 16:24-26, Colossians 3:1-3, Romans 8:12-13, Romans 6:18-19, Galatians 2:20, Colossians 3:5, 2 Timothy 2:3-4, 1 Peter 4:1-2, Luke 9:23, Mark 8:34-38, Luke 14:26-28
    Give up yourself, and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it. Submit to death, death of your ambitions and favourite wishes every day and death of your whole body in the end...

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    Andrew Murray
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    1 Corinthians 13:4-5, Luke 14:11, Colossians 3:12-13, Romans 12:3, James 3:13, Ephesians 4:2
    The only humility that is really ours is not that which we try to show before God in prayer, but that which we carry with us in our daily conduct.

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    N. T. Wright
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    Luke 12:33-34, Luke 18:28-30, Acts 2:44-45, Matthew 19:21, Mark 10:29-30, Luke 14:26
    Family and property, then, were not for the ancient Jew simply what they are to the modern western world. Both carried religious and cultural significance far beyond personal, let alone “individual,” ...

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    John Climacus
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    Luke 14:11, Micah 6:8, 1 Peter 5:5-6, Proverbs 15:33, Philippians 2:3
    An angel fell from Heaven without any other passion except pride, and so we may ask whether it is possible to ascend to Heaven by humility alone, without any other of the virtues.

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    Jerry Bridges
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    Luke 14:33
    Jesus said, "Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:33). We must honestly face the question, "Am I willing to give up a certain practice or ha...

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    Christopher Guest
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    Proverbs 13:20 , Job 12:7-9, Ecclesiastes 1:13, Psalm 119:99, Luke 14:7-11, 1 Corinthians 11:1
    “People say, “You must have been the class clown.” And I say, “No, I wasn’t. But I sat next to the class clown, and I studied him.”

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    D. A. Carson
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    2 Corinthians 4:17-18, Luke 18:29-30, Mark 10:28-30, Matthew 19:29, Philippians 3:8, Luke 14:33, Matthew 13:44
    The kingdom of heaven is worth infinitely more than the cost of discipleship, and those who know where the treasure lies joyfully abandon everything else to secure it.

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    Alexander Schmemann
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    Luke 22:29-30, John 6:35, Revelation 19:9, Matthew 22:2, Luke 14:15, Isaiah 25:6
    Man must eat in order to live; he must take the world into his body and transform it into himself, into flesh and blood. He is indeed that which he eats, and the whole world is presented as one all-em...

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    Millard Erickson
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    Philippians 2:3, Luke 14:11, Ephesians 4:2, Mark 9:35, James 4:10
    What he was attempting to instill in his disciples was the attitude of a servant: humility and a willingness to put others ahead of oneself. In that culture, washing the feet of others would symbolize...

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    Stanley Hauerwas
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    Matthew 16:24-25, Luke 14:27, Acts 5:29, Philippians 3:20, Matthew 28:18-20, Isaiah 9:6-7, Psalm 22:28
    We would like a church that again asserts that God, not nations, rules the world, that the boundaries of God's kingdom transcend those of Caesar, and that the main political task of the church is ...

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    Washington Irving
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    Luke 2:8-14, Acts 2:42-47, Matthew 14:13-21, John 2:1-11, Romans 15:7, 1 Peter 4:9, Luke 14:15-24, 2 Corinthians 9:7-8, Luke 10:27, Hebrews 10:24-25
    Now Christmas is come, Let us beat up the drum, And call all our neighbors together, And when they appear, Let us make them such cheer, As will keep out the wind and the weather.

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    Melvin Ming
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    3 John 1:5-8, Genesis 18:1-5, Acts 28:2, Luke 14:13-14, Matthew 25:35, 1 Peter 4:9
    Tom Clegg, a consultant with Church Growth Institute, states, "When visitors walk through the door, they will decide in 3 to 8 minutes whether they will take you seriously and whether they will r...
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