On his blog, blogger Justin Taylor recently interviewed CJ Mahaney. Since CJ spoke at our church the last two Sundays, I thought you might be interested to read this. Among other things, Justin and CJ discuss CJ’s forthcoming book, Humility: True Greatness. Here is my favorite segment of the interview:

JT: Many would agree with you… that humility is essential, and that looking to Jesus is essential. They would argue that what we need most from Jesus is his personal example of humble service. Do you agree with that?

CJ: Nope. We desperately need more than his personal example of humble service. Actually what we need is the ultimate expression of his humble service. We need his death. We need forgiveness through his substitutionary sacrifice on the cross for our sins. We need to be ransomed or liberated from the corruption of sin and our captivity to sin by his atoning death. Any and all humility and servanthood that is present in the life of a Christian is the effect of his death on the cross and should draw attention to our crucified and risen Lord who “came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).

You can read the entire interview here.

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