I remember when my grandmother gifted someone a ceramic dish with the inscription, “It’s hard to be humble when you are perfect.” I was sure she meant it to point out a need for change, but the recipient kept the dish on his dresser, apparently thinking it described him accurately. Many years later, I witnessed his character transformed to that of a humble and loving man. If you feel that claiming perfection sounds presumptuous, even preposterous, you aren’t alone. Prevalent assumptions claim that the influences of environment, heredity, and chance govern our intelligence, character, and even purpose, with faults, defects, and limitations – not perfection – as the outcome. Clearly, material so-called causes have not brought the freedom that the most perfect example of manhood, Christ Jesus, taught and demonstrated.…