Author: Dr. Stuart Scott
Publisher: Focus Publishing Inc, 2002; 25 pp. $3
Type of Resource: Booklet
Resource Categories: Marriage, Heart Issues, Put-off/Put-On Principle, Pride/Humility
Recommendation: 5 stars
Summary:
Most of us think of pride as the arrogant football player on TV or the relative from back east that’s always talking about herself. But very few of us think of pride as an issue that we all deal with, let alone do we realize how deeply pride infiltrates every area of our life.
That’s why I’m thankful for this welcome resource by Dr. Stuart Scott. In just a few pages, Dr. Scott helps us unmask and expose this extremely deceptive heart issue known as pride and replace it with Christ-exalting humility.
There are several areas of the booklet that are particularly helpful. In my opinion, his very convicting list of 25 “manifestations of pride” is worth the price of the booklet alone. But rather than leave the reader discouraged, Dr. Scott then charts a biblical plan for repenting of pride and replacing it with humility. The booklet also includes a helpful diagram to help replace a pride-feeding, man-centered view of life with a God-centered (theocentric) view. Most of all, the booklet points the reader to Christ as both the perfect example of humility as well as the means by which a believer grows in humility.
I have found this booklet to be a very effective homework assignment, especially when counselees are having trouble seeing the depth of their sin. In fact, I know of one biblical counselor who has every married couple he counsels read this booklet early on in the counseling process. I think that is wise advice, because the Scripture tells us that, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6).
This booklet is actually a chapter excerpted from Dr. Scott’s excellent book, The Exemplary Husband, which I also highly recommend. Dr. Scott is a professor of biblical counseling at The Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, KY.
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