Being Right – Table of Contents
We all like to be right. But sometimes we don’t do it well.
Below are ten articles on how to be right and wrong in healthy ways.
1. Being Wrong
Four things to do with our insatiable certainty to be right. Including excerpts from Kathryn Schulz’s excellent book, Being Wrong.
- Book suggestion – Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error
2. How Little We Know – More Compassion, Please
Are we more kind when we admit we don’t know? Three exercises to make peace with not knowing everything.
3. I Thought I Understood
Why I thought we were right and everyone else was wrong. And why my theory cracked.
4. I’m Afraid of Being Stupid
I’m afraid I’ll miss the easy fix if I’m not smart enough. But fearing stupidity distracts me from my true purpose of depending on God.
5. Know-It-All Faith?
Talk yourself down from your arrogance. The more we know grace, the more we grow in humility. Review of Josh Harris’s book, Humble Orthodoxy.
- Book suggestion – Humble Orthodoxy: Holding the Truth High Without Putting People Down
6. Let Go of Being Right
Sometimes being right is wrong. And dangerous. Three dangers in always being right, and three solutions to combat pride.
- Infographic – Let Go of Being Right
7. Unity? But We Believe Differently
Can we still be united when we don’t think alike? Yes, if we remove obstacles we set up against unity. Suggestions from Ed Cyzewski’s book, Divided We Unite.
- Book suggestion – Divided We Unite: Practical Christian Unity
8. When “I Don’t Know” Is Good
We’ll never have all the answers. Is this ever good? Should we make peace with uncertainty and “I don’t know”? See the good side of uncertainty.
- Book suggestion – The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
9. When We Eat Our Own
Stop eating your own, church. Nobody knows it all. Don’t confuse being biblical with being right.
10. You’re Not Sure? That’s OK
If in doubt, err on the side of grace. Don’t be so scared of being wrong that you do nothing. Even if you make a poor decision, God can redeem it.
Excellent list!! After reading your post, yesterday, I had almost an identical experience with my hubby. LOL. God was preparing me, through you. ??
Ha. We never know what is right around the corner. 🙂 I have to keep this one close to my heart because I have such a strong tendency to want to be right.
There is a ton of wisdom in these posts. They’re all great reminders of how beautiful the trait of humility is. I don’t care what a person looks like. If they have humility they have the beauty of our Father in them.
Thanks, Floyd. You’re right that the most beautiful people are the ones who are the most humble. And the ones who get on my nerves the most are the most proud. I see it on the outside; I just need to transfer it more and more to my own insides.