You see, humility leads to success and inclusion whereas pride’s number one concern is to look for number one, thus, instead of being successfully inclusive it becomes exceptionally exclusive. And that is not a recipe for success. Or I love the story of the late, great Christian humanitarian Albert Schweitzer. Albert Schweitzer spoke to a graduating class of an English boys’ school back…

Text: Mark 9:30-37 In this passage where Jesus makes the second prediction of his suffering in Jerusalem, He presents us with a second paradox, and that paradox is this: if you want to go up in life, you must first go down, or if you want to be great in life, you must first of all become like a servant of all.…

Ezra 5 & Haggai 1: Why did the rebuilding of the Temple begin again? What did God say was the purpose of the Temple? Haggai 2: What does the Lord ask the people to consider? What does God promise them? Who was Zerubabel and what is the title God gives him? Ezra 6: How long did it take to rebuild the Temple?…