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In Part 1 of this series we considered gluttony as a sin. Click here to read that post. Among other things we saw: The Bible speaks indirectly to gluttony each time it speaks of self-control (self-discipline). Self-control, where food is concerned, is exhibited by not gluttonizing our meals. The Bible, incidentally, teaches us that self-control is a fruit of the Spirit. When the Holy Spirit is controlling our...
As a young pastor I first heard the joke as to why so many pastors are overweight. “It’s because we have outlawed everything else!” The meaning of this was clear. We were not supposed to drink, dance, smoke, play cards, etc, so food was the only place to “let things go,” so to speak. The fact is that very attitude reveals an idolatry we are loathe to admit:...
Is student loan debt the next economic bubble to burst in the U.S.? Will most of these studious young adults ever find the kind of employment commensurate with their degree or the amount of money payed/borrowed to obtain it? Will college costs revert to pre-easy debt levels? Yes, maybe and not likely. We (Sonya and myself) are at the stage of life to have seen two kids through...
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. –Oscar Wilde I am pretty sure Oscar Wilde will never gain anyone’s “Favorite Theologian” status. His quote, however, is a good launching point for this post. A large number of pastors and theological types spend time on Twitter. Some of their tweets are retweeted hundreds or even thousands of times. Recently I noticed a fair number of...
In my eight or so years of blogging, I’m not sure I’ve ever borrowed an entire post from another blogger. That alone should explain how I feel about the quality of what you will read below. I’ve known Jay Sanders since he was really young. “Young” like early middle school or maybe elementary school. Of late he has been pastor of the Towaliga Baptist Church in Jackson, GA....
