The difference between selfish ambition and holy ambition can be difficult to spot. How do you pursue holy ambition and crucify selfish ambition? This article draws fours lessons from Haggai.

This article focuses on the moral distinction between appearance and reality, between an outward self and an inward self. It examines contemporary virtue ethics and the claim that Christian ethics is a virtue ethic. It identifies, examines, and evaluates three theses that are central to virtue ethics: a priority thesis, a perfectionist thesis, and a communitarian thesis.