Tag: Gluttony

Eight Deadly Thoughts: Diogenes Allen

" ... one of the things I found ... through all spiritual writers, that is people who are concerned with bringing to fullness, in our lives, the work of Christ, and that's the work of God the Holy Spirit....all of them agree that after we are converted we can expect ourselves to be assailed by eight deadly thoughts." Diogenese Allen

“These eight deadly thoughts are like cholesterol, they fill the arteries, so to speak, and the flow of the Spirit is not able to get through easily, and sometime, choked off all together.” These thoughts assail us unbidden – It is important to realize that the thoughts themselves are not sin. Christ was tempted, yet […]

Gluttony – A Deadly Thought Related to Appetite

"Our appetite for food, and for that matter drink, sexual gratification, material goods are not easy to control because the gratifications of the appetite is so pleasurable. We have to make an effort to restrain them and many of us find it hard to stop eating good food, even if we feel stuffed and know we're going to regret it later. More than one person has regretted their actions when under the influence of drink or the grip of lust. Few of us know when to say "enough" when it comes to buying things." Prof. Allen

Γαστριμαργία, Gluttony is one of the three thoughts related to appetite, lust and avarice being the other two. “Our appetite for food, and for that matter drink, sexual gratification, material goods are not easy to control because the gratifications of the appetite is so pleasurable. We have to make an effort to restrain them and […]