Sir Chris on Nostr: The Lenten readings keep circling back to the same uncomfortable truth: pride sits at ...

The Lenten readings keep circling back to the same uncomfortable truth: pride sits at the root of almost everything. The first human sin in Eden wasn’t murder or theft, but the quiet belief that we could decide good and evil for ourselves. And Christ’s answer to that instinct is startling. He doesn’t come as a conqueror or a king demanding loyalty. He comes as a servant. The kingdom he describes runs opposite to the normal logic of power. The greatest are the ones who kneel first.