Your comment about the "mountain of conceit" has nagged me. It's not
the first time you've intimated the idea. People who know me
personally do not think of me as a conceited person. This point is
very important to me, because I don't think people are open to
ministry from someone they view as conceited. I try very hard not to
consider my life to be my own, but to be God's to use in ministry to
His people.
Do my B-Greek posts really carry a tone of conceit, or were you just
joking about South Carolina? The latter is fine, and I can laugh
along. But if the former is true, I've got a problem that I need to
deal with. You'll do me a favor by being brutally honest if
necessary, especially if you've heard others refer to me similarly,
and I'll thank you for it.
I consider myself to be a little opinionated, but open to legitimate
correction, and, overall, an unassuming person. If that's not the
portrait that's coming through, then I need to find out whether my
self-perception is wrong, or whether my email language just doesn't
present myself accurately; in either of those cases I would want to
work toward change.
Thanks.
Randy