Humility: Disciple’s Guide to a Humble Life

Sees humility is a close cousin of selfless love, the central theme of Christianity, in secular terms, as having a low self-focus and a high other-focus. Explores ‘Blessed are the meek’ in the Beatitudes and common misunderstandings about humility. Introduces character traits that orbit around the virtue of humility. Concludes with four basic insights about humility – seeing all we have as a gift, the importance of an accurate self-assessment, comparing humility with healthy pride, and giving priority to the concerns of others.

This podcast observes that Jesus has two basic teachings about humility, which he repeated again and again: (1) we must humble ourselves or God will humble us, and (2) the greatest disciple is one who humbly serves others. States the purpose of the study, to learn what truly Christian humble life looks like so that we might seek this kind of humility in everyday life.