"For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense." - C.S. Lewis

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In Episode 3 of Tempered, we break down one of the most dangerous and overlooked sins a man can carry. Pride doesn't just hurt you — it blocks God's light from reaching everyone around you. You become the solar eclipse. And you don't even know it's happening.

We go through John 1, the sun and moon framework, and what John the Baptist understood about his own position that most men never figure out. He wasn't the light. He was simply a reflection of it. And he was completely at peace with that.

The question is: are you reflecting the light of Christ — or consuming it?

In this episode:

— Why God opposes pride

— The sun and moon framework that reframes everything

— How pride turns you into a solar eclipse blocking God's light from others

— What John the Baptist knew about humility that most men miss

— How to shatter pride and take your place as a reflector not the source

📖 Scriptures referenced: John 1:1-9 | John 3:25-30 | John 8:12 | John 15:1-8 | 2 Corinthians 11:14 | James 4:6 | Matthew 16:24