Love the Veggie Tales reference. Those songs run on loop in my head. As I struggle more with cognitive issues, I've had to understand that sometimes spending time with God doesn't have to require that I can think straight. When I'm in a physical brain fog, I just sit with some music and let myself just BE with Christ.
Mark, I am excited about your proposed study on spiritual warfare. The battle is raging all around us and we need to be fortified with the Word, which is our only and best weapon. The more we seek the Truth in this battle, the more intense the battle becomes. Praise to you for taking this on, and prayers for you and and for all who fight this fight together.
Thank you brother Mark for guiding us into the historic (and Biblical) sin of sloth, so well defined in Jean-Charles Nault’s writing in The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times. Our ignorance of this pervasive vice is unsettling because, as with all demonic influence, sloth HIDES ITSELF because HIDING ITSELF IS the very nature of sloth leading to denial of its existence. And so we don't deal with it. The deadly sins (and corresponding virtues) have pretty much disappeared from contemporary religious horizons and so we coast along with smug self satisfaction thinking that we are normal. (2 Corinthians 10:12). How much we (I) need your making us (me) accountable, Mark. What I like about the Seven Deadly Sins (and Virtues) is that they give me something specific to aim at in my walk with Christ. Whereas some see them as chains, I see them as guides which I very much need. I don't want to steal your thunder in future posts, Mark, but here is the list of sins/virtues.
In modern times, the capital sins/virtues are commonly identified as the following:*
SIN VIRTUE
Lust Chastity
Gluttony Temperance
Avarice Charity
Sloth Diligence
Envy Kindness
Wrath Patience
Pride Humility
* Siker, Jeffrey S. (2015). Jesus, Sin, and Perfection in Early Christianity. Cambridge University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-107-10541-6.
Love the Veggie Tales reference. Those songs run on loop in my head. As I struggle more with cognitive issues, I've had to understand that sometimes spending time with God doesn't have to require that I can think straight. When I'm in a physical brain fog, I just sit with some music and let myself just BE with Christ.
Mark, I am excited about your proposed study on spiritual warfare. The battle is raging all around us and we need to be fortified with the Word, which is our only and best weapon. The more we seek the Truth in this battle, the more intense the battle becomes. Praise to you for taking this on, and prayers for you and and for all who fight this fight together.
Signed,
Your battle buddy in Christ.
Thank you brother Mark for guiding us into the historic (and Biblical) sin of sloth, so well defined in Jean-Charles Nault’s writing in The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times. Our ignorance of this pervasive vice is unsettling because, as with all demonic influence, sloth HIDES ITSELF because HIDING ITSELF IS the very nature of sloth leading to denial of its existence. And so we don't deal with it. The deadly sins (and corresponding virtues) have pretty much disappeared from contemporary religious horizons and so we coast along with smug self satisfaction thinking that we are normal. (2 Corinthians 10:12). How much we (I) need your making us (me) accountable, Mark. What I like about the Seven Deadly Sins (and Virtues) is that they give me something specific to aim at in my walk with Christ. Whereas some see them as chains, I see them as guides which I very much need. I don't want to steal your thunder in future posts, Mark, but here is the list of sins/virtues.
In modern times, the capital sins/virtues are commonly identified as the following:*
SIN VIRTUE
Lust Chastity
Gluttony Temperance
Avarice Charity
Sloth Diligence
Envy Kindness
Wrath Patience
Pride Humility
* Siker, Jeffrey S. (2015). Jesus, Sin, and Perfection in Early Christianity. Cambridge University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-107-10541-6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_virtues