One of the adversary’s best known tactics for crippling his enemies (us) is to invite them to engage in perpetual self-loathing. Self-hate depresses our souls and distracts us from the redeeming power of Christ. It is tempting, then, to see self-esteem and self-love as the antidote for this poison — but these may be a distraction from the true antidote. The scriptures regularly invite us to consider our own nothingness before God, n...
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