"Sloth (or laziness) is a widespread and common problem, and simply nagging people to be harder workers will not cure it. This is because sloth begins in the heart. Sloth is more related to carelessness than to boredom or fatigue, and it is fundamentally a problem of belief and worship. The Holy Spirit, who has indwelled believers in Christ, empowers believers to “press on.""
-Lifeway
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"The sin of greed is sometimes difficult to define, but the Bible distinguishes greed as the “love of money and/or possessions,” not just accumulating wealth. Scripture teaches that being financially rich can be spiritually dangerous, but the gospel of God’s riches in grace helps us find the satisfaction that greedy people relentlessly search for."
-Lifeway "Envy is connected to perhaps the two highest profile murders in the Bible—that of Abel and that of Jesus Christ Himself. Here we will study the idolatry underneath envy—how self-worship results in resentful desires toward other people—and how putting on the righteousness of Christ through the gospel will help us see others with love rather than envy."
-Lifeway: The Gospel Project "Pride is the essence of every sin. It is attempted theft of God’s glory and therefore how all sin is basically self-worship, or idolatry. The only way to root out pride, then, is by re-ordering our hearts according to God’s due glory. It is the finished work of Christ communicated by the gospel that does this."
-Lifeway: The Gospel Project Scripture, from beginning to end, declares that sin destroys. Because of sin, life ends in death. And sins aren’t just things we do—they’re who we are. As Scripture says, we are sinners, and the wages of sin is death. WINTER 2015
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