Most people are familiar with the tragic account of Adam and Eve’s yielding to temptation in the Garden of Eden, thereby bringing sin and misery into God’s perfect world. If not for the loving mercy and amazing grace of God, all mankind would have perished in sin. What a devastating legacy for Adam! But have…
Our present American society appears saturated with anger—whether it simmers quietly beneath the surface or erupts in open hostility. Road rage incidents have doubled in recent years. In 2021, reported instances of air rage reached an alarming 5,700—an enormous increase from the usual 100 to 150 annual cases. Protests, often escalating into riots, fill the…
When someone mentions gluttony, we probably picture an overly rotund person shoveling in massive amounts of food. But the deadly sin of gluttony may not be what you think. In fact, gluttony does not necessarily involve what you eat—or even how much. It is the overindulgent focus on, and enjoyment of, too much of virtually…
Vanity—also known as vainglory—is a sin rooted in pride. The word vain means empty or useless, while glory refers to honor or worth. So, vanity is the act of ascribing to ourselves a sense of honor or value that is, in reality, empty and meaningless. It is, as Rebecca Konyndyk De Young puts it, “the…
This sermon addresses a deadly sin that no one likes to admit—but from which no one is exempt: lust. Lust is the distorted desire for one’s own sexual pleasure. Sexual desire, in the right context—namely, within marriage—is good and healthy. God designed humans at creation to have wholesome desires toward the opposite sex. The problem…
Greed is the excessive acquisition of possessions. Most commonly, it involves the pursuit of material wealth or goods—but not always. A greedy person might jealously guard or long for a single possession. In fact, the sinful vice of greed can be directed toward many things: power, recognition, acceptance, romantic interests, or any other form of…
This is the first in a series of sermons on the topic of Seven Capital Vices and Divine Remedies. This sermon explains that a vice is a pattern of sinful thinking and behavior that has become so habitual to us we might not even realize it is a problem. A capital vice is one that…
