Sin
Word Made Flesh: “Choosing Wellness”
The in-breaking of the Word is sudden and surprising, yet the event does not remake us without our consent or our participation. It is an extraordinary question, “do you want to...
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Lust: God’s Love Is Not Enough
Men and women are designed for one another. Therefore, sexual desire isn’t sinful. But, lust is desire disordered. Rather than fulfilling our longing, it leaves us empty and sep...
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Wrath: Usurping God’s Role
Anger over injustice is good. We even see Jesus become angry in several places. But, we’re not Jesus and our anger can too easily give way to wrath. God is the only one who has ...
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Sloth: Ignoring God
Rest and leisure are good and important things. However, we can slide into spiritual laziness. When we do we do not take time to worship God or attend to our spiritual condition...
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Pride: Putting God on Trial
The sin of pride puts us over others: our fellow human beings and God. We want to put our will in the place of God’s will. When the two do not agree we turn on God rather than s...
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What’s Your Problem?
In the course of this series we have affirmed that we are people created by God in his love for us and we have said that we live in God’s intentionally good creation that ...
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