SELF-HEALING
ARROGANCE

Topics: Arrogance; Dependence; Depravity; Healing; Helplessness; Idealism; Limitations; Powerlessness; Self-reliance; Sinful Nature; Weakness

References: Exodus 15:26; Proverbs 14:12; Ecclesiastes 7:20; 8:8; Isaiah 5:21; Hosea 6:1; Romans 3:1–26; 1 Corinthians 1:18–31; 8:2

A global day of healing on December 8, the anniversary of John Lennon’s death: that’s what Yoko Ono asked for in a full-page ad in The New York Times.

“One day we will be able to say that we healed ourselves,” Ono promised, “and by healing ourselves, we healed the world.”

—“Good Week for … All Humanity,” The Week (December 8, 2006)