We just don’t like people who seem to be very enamored by their own skill or power or looks.

  • We get tired of hearing the fisherman who brags about his big catch as if he is the only one to ever catch a big fish.
  • We don’t like egotistic salesman who goes on and on about how he is the best in the business.
  • We disapprove of holier-than-thou bloggers who post such long disquisitions that the scroll bar on the right side looks like a minus sign.
  • We don’t like scholars who try to show off their specialized knowledge or who recite for us all their recent publications and lectureships.
  • We don’t like it when children play one-upmanship hour after hour.

    • But when we think of people like that we also think of Jeremiah 9:23-24 (NASB95) Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of (more…)