Pride has been, is and always will be the king of hard hearts when it comes to allowing the Lord to have His way in our lives. Pride tells us to never relinquish control and to defend our sense of authority. One king with a particularly hard heart was Herod, king over the Jews when Jesus was born as the coming King of the Jews. His attitude toward Jesus led him down a dark path, which, if we aren’t careful, we may find ourselves on as well. Listen to this message from Matthew 2 as we consider Herod’s responses to the coming Christ.