'I'll be brutally honest: I'm not always committed to humble orthodoxy. Far too often my inclination is toward "proud orthodoxy," or to my own (supposedly humble) ideas or proposals or doctrines. But I want to be continually growing in my understanding of and commitment to "humble orthodoxy"-because I love Jesus, and that's what I see him practicing; and because I seek to follow God's Word, and that's what I see it commanding me.
I understand "humble orthodoxy" to be a way of informing our humility and a way of expressing our orthodoxy. It joins together the scriptural truths that God commands us to believe, live, and teach sound doctrine, and that God opposes the proud and draws near to the contrite in spirit.
If you have humility without orthodoxy it's hypocrisy-a form of pride wearing a gentle mask. At the same time, orthodoxy without humility is contradictory-with one hand it offers true words and with the other hand it takes away that truth with a worldly tone.
God calls us toward a better way: boldness that is broken; truth-telling that trembles; contending that communes.'
To find out more about humble orthodoxy check out:
http://www.newattitude.org/humbleorthodoxy/
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