Pride and Prejudice
My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes, and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, “You sit here in a good place,” and say to the poor man, “You stand there,” or, “Sit here at my footstool,” have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? (James 2:1-4) Pride will always manifest in our treatment of those we consider "other." You can tell the truth about a person by how he or she treats those who are different from them and can do nothing tangible for them. Our treatment of those who may have or know less than us is an exact test of Christian character, and God will judge us if we judge others. The attitude that pleases God is one that thinks well of "the least of these," and it is displayed in...