There is a phrase that the Apostle Paul uses repeatedly to pinpoint a particular attitude, "selfish ambition". In our secular world the person who is ambitious is often considered a leader, and the one who is selfishly ambitious is usually the norm. But what about in Christian work? Well, that is another story. Among those who truly know Christ and are led by His Spirit, we would not expect to see this sin raising its ugly head. But look again. In the book of Philippians, Paul makes a curious observation: Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel, so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else, and that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear. Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some al...
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