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humility

Better a slow horse than a show horse

Jon D. Schaff   |  March 12, 2024

The slow horses aren’t always what they seem.

Conservative sportswriter Jason Whitlock: “Deion says he’s a follower of Jesus Christ, but he completely ignores every scripture related to humility.”

John Fea   |  September 6, 2023

After the University of Colorado football team upset victory over Texas Christian last weekend, evangelicals fell in love with the Buffalo coach Deion Sanders. Here are some examples: Every now and then Glenn Beck’s Blaze Media publishes something I agree […]

What if the Christian Right is wrong?

John Fea   |  November 23, 2022

Certainty is a hallmark of the Christian Right and fundamentalist thinking more broadly. There is little place for the mystery of God or words like “maybe” or “perhaps.” I am reminded of N.T. Wright’s words about such dogged commitments to […]

I am truly humbled that you are reading Current

John Fea   |  July 6, 2022

Don’t get me wrong–I am humbled that you are reading our work here at Current. I would be even more humbled if you became a patron. But the title of this post plays off of David Brooks’s recent piece at […]

“Cultural humility” vs “liberal humility” in the classroom

John Fea   |  April 9, 2021

Baylor University political scientist Elizabeth Corey explains the difference between these two views of education in an excellent piece at National Affairs. I definitely find myself in the “liberal humility” camp (or at least I aspire to such an approach), […]