Dr. Peter Hammond on Pride Month: Why Pride Is a Sin, Humility Is Biblical & the Rainbow Belongs to God

In this forthright episode of Radio Cape Pulpit, Dr. Peter Hammond addresses the observance of June as "Pride Month" by certain companies and countries. He argues from Scripture that pride is not something to be celebrated but is listed among the seven deadly sins and something God hates (Proverbs 6:16–19, Proverbs 16:18, James 4:6). He contrasts pride with humility, quoting Micah 6:8: "He has shown you, O man, what is good... to walk humbly with your God." Dr. Hammond explains that the rainbow—originally given by God after Noah's flood as a symbol of His covenant with humanity and animals (Genesis 9)—has been misappropriated. He traces the origin of Pride Month back to the 1968 Stonewall riots in New York and criticizes companies like Woolworths for promoting "perversion to children." He calls on Christians to instead celebrate family, motherhood, fatherhood, and humility, and to remember that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. His closing message: be counter-cultural, be fruitful and multiply, and walk humbly with God