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Christian Humility Isn’t Just ‘Thinking of Yourself Less’

September 14, 2026 · 1 min read

Scripture honors and commands humility, but what does it look like in practice? A line widely misattributed to C. S. Lewis offers a memorable answer: “Humility is not thinking less of ourselves; it is thinking of ourselves less.” That definition has been popular among American Christians for years, copied all over the internet and paraphrased in influential Read more...

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