Throughout the centuries, public worship in Christian churches has involved balancing different ideas and priorities that are sometimes in tension…
A few years ago, one of the issues that divided evangelicalism was the so-called “worship wars,” which centered on the…
Overcoming pride is extraordinarily difficult. In dealing with most other vices, the cure is to grow in virtue, but in…
In our culture, it can be difficult to see pride as a sin. We talk about taking pride in our…
Of all the passions labeled the Seven Deadly Sins, envy is probably the most widely recognized as evil. Even the…
The next of the Seven Deadly Sins is wrath, or anger. As is true of the other sins on the…
The previous two articles in this series dealt with the sins of the flesh: gluttony, an inordinate focus on food,…
As we saw in the last article, when rooting out entrenched sin in our lives it is easiest and most…
In the first article in this series, we looked at the process by which logismoi, or tempting thoughts, come to…