{"id":23618,"date":"2010-05-26T21:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T02:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=23618"},"modified":"2020-07-02T22:09:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T03:09:41","slug":"is-chutzpah-a-part-of-biblical-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-chutzpah-a-part-of-biblical-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Is chutzpah a part of biblical faith?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>I came across your teaching with &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-meekness-of-moses\/\">The Meekness of Moses<\/a>&#8221; tonight by a Google search: &#8220;Moses meekest man.&#8221; I am beginning a study on chutzpah and faith for my career in business, specifically sales. I Googled the search term because if chutzpah is a part of biblical faith then my understanding of meekness and humility are distorted.<\/p>\n<p>My question is this: do you have a similar study on humility?<\/p>\n<p>By way of a quick background: I have been in the business world for many years, but my degree is in Bible and I served on staff in local churches before entering the business world. I noticed you have the Logos \/ Libronix link on your site. I purchased the Logos 4 Original Languages package a few months ago. I am finding time here and there to dig in and use it.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>Since chutzpah is defined as &#8220;unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity&#8221; and &#8220;nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence,&#8221; it isn&#8217;t what I would put on a list of Christian characteristics. Boldness and confidence which comes from trust in God would be what a Christian strives for.<\/p>\n<p>For lessons which deal with humility, take a look at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/things-they-dont-teach-in-school\/\">Things They Don&#8217;t Teach in School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/before-destruction\/\">Before Destruction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/better-than-self\/\">Better Than Self<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I actually don&#8217;t use Logos. I have numerous friends who think it is wonderful. I&#8217;ve seen it used, but I&#8217;ve found the price tag too high for my budget. Still, they provided a very useful and free tool that I&#8217;m using on this site and if others can make use of it, I&#8217;m happy to be of service to them.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Response:<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I came across your teaching with &#8220;The Meekness of Moses&#8221; tonight by a Google search: &#8220;Moses meekest man.&#8221; I am beginning a study on chutzpah and faith for my career in business, specifically sales. I Googled the search term because if chutzpah is a part of biblical faith then my understanding of meekness and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[463,788],"class_list":["post-23618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-humility","tag-meekness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5261,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-could-moses-be-called-meek\/","url_meta":{"origin":23618,"position":0},"title":"How could Moses be called meek?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 12, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: The Bible says that Moses was the meekest man on earth. 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Hamilton Text: James 4:1-10 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One aspect of the fruit of the Spirit is meekness - Galatians 5:22-23 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Few view meekness as a desirable trait \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Instead, people take assertiveness training \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We are conditioned to be aggressive, to watch out for our own interests. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rudeness is in, consideration\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14781,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/removing-hindrances-to-servanthood\/","url_meta":{"origin":23618,"position":3},"title":"Removing Hindrances to Servanthood","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Too Much Self-Focus by Oscar Miles The Pursuit of Happiness","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10927,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/questions-about-james-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":23618,"position":4},"title":"Questions about James 1","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 4, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I read the first chapter, it was only a page so I hope its the right one.\u00a0 I think I got most of it. 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