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How many kinds of greed do we hear about? This week we’ll look at the sin of avarice, and take a look at how Jesus views success compared to how we humans sometimes see it. And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does…

This week we’ll take a look at the vice called “sloth.” It’s not an animal, nor is it just plain laziness, it’s more along the lines of resisting the demands of God’s love for us! “For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and…

Was Nike right when they said “Image is everything”? “Vainglory” is about just that, appearances, and seeking attention and approval. How do we pursue authenticity, instead? “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. The Gospel of Matthew…

The first in a new series about the 7 Deadly Sins. Envy: when normal desires get distorted. Doug will be referencing “Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies,” a book by Rebeca DeYoung. “Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander. Like newborn…

This is the last message in our Beginning Again series, and we’ll visit the story of Paul, Barnabas, and John Mark. The sense and feeling of failing is not fun, but it is something we can learn from. “I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.” Psalm 40:1 (NRSV)…