One of the awful things about pride is that it deceives us; we may think we are serving God and others, but in reality we are serving ourselves only. John Stott is certainly right when he says, “Pride is without doubt the chief occupational hazard of the preacher.”10 The proud church leader is an offense to the gospel of Jesus Christ, a prime target for the Devil and—no matter how talented and indispensable he may think himself to be—an unfit leader of God’s people.
