As Christ-followers, we often find ourselves in situations where we are out of control. Sometimes we feel like we’re being attacked, as if everyone is against us. But as Christians we have the opportunity to choose how we will respond to those who attack us.

“It seems that more and more people are confusing spiritual maturity with spiritual elitism.” Several people have responded to this statement with energy fueled by the memories of negative encounters with the “spiritual elite." There are times in all of our lives where we get caught up in what we believe, seeing those who disagree as wrong. So I took a stab at identifying some characteristics in both, in hopes that we all might take a look at ourselves... More