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You quote Shakespeare to belittle the dangerous sin of over-eating? Men that are fat are men who over-indulge, reveling in their lust for more food than they need. Gluttony is perhaps the most tolerated sin in American Christianity. Gluttony, after all, is food worship. It’s table idolatry...

Proverbs 23:19–21 mentions gluttony directly. In giving wisdom to those who would avoid self-induced hardship, the wise man says, “Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path: Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and...

More than a third of American clergy members are obese, with stress, longer hours, being underpaid, and lack of self-care among the reasons, according to a Baylor University study...

You talk about men who you say were Calvinists. I am persuaded by scriptures, not men. Your Calvinist-inspired hostility is revealed by your calling me ignorant and stupid. Calvin was a bitter, arrogant, malicious man, who had his theological opponents killed. Your insults are congruent with...

That would be contradictory. Calvinists say unsaved people are totally depraved and cannot repent, believe, or seek God.

Lust for sex is preached against. Lust for food is not. Ministry events often include food. Self control is a primary feature of Christian life. To smoke, drink, and over indulge in food makes a Christian seem insincere. This is the big problem. You are undermining yourself if you are...

Pelagianism is a 5th-century Christian theological movement asserting that humans possess the free will to achieve moral perfection without divine grace. It denies original sin and the inherited corrupt nature of humanity. Named after the British monk Pelagius, it was condemned as a heresy in...

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/christian-life/5-reasons-why-pastors-don-t-preach-on-gluttony.html#google_vignette A preacher can wax forth on the other so-called deadly sins (pride, lust, avarice, anger, envy and sloth) all day long, and everyone except his wife will assume he has the issue...

He thinks churches should not let unsaved people enter.

In the Bible, sovereign defines God as the supreme, ultimate ruler over all creation. It means He possesses absolute authority, perfect wisdom, and unstoppable power to accomplish His will. No person, event, or force can successfully thwart His purposes. Calvinists go beyond this in their use...

You are using “approve” to describe God endorsing evil. That is bad theology.

We explain what “approve” means, and why it should not be used when speaking of God’s relationship with evil, but you persist in using it anyway. Because of your Calvinism. You say God is okay with sin, when you say He approves of everything that happens, including abominations and atrocities...

Nobody said that God violated our free will and forced people to vote for Trump. You seem very confused. I do not think Joe Biden or Kamala Harris would be a good president. Trump makes mistakes and has a big ego, but he is fighting against many evil things that Democrats love.

You are still trying to redefine the word “approval” to frame it in a manner that is not how people understand it. We cannot move “outside the terminology and definitions of words” and communicate effectively. You seem to want to force us to relinquish the common meaning of ‘approval’ and...

Five Ways to Dispatch Sexualized Dreams https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/how-do-i-respond-to-sexual-dreams 1. Pray earnestly for deliverance from the dreams, and gather some brothers around you to join in earnest prayer. 2. Read the Scriptures for five or ten minutes just before you go...

Odd that chronic overeating was mentioned once, but the word gluttony is not to be found in this article. Obesity in pastors indicates neglect of exercise and a lust for fattening food. Orthodox teaching in the Philokalia collection of texts by desert monks says that gluttony leads to sexual...

Instead of answering my question, you merely repeated your post. So, to clarify your meaning… Should we put a sign on the door of our church that says “Non-believers Not Welcome”…? Berean Study Bible: If anyone comes to you This phrase indicates the presence of itinerant teachers or...

Yes, God can make lemonade out of lemons. Even terrible things can ultimately fit into His plans. But He does not approve or endorse everything. I do not have supernatural insight into what all Christians know, but we must be very careful with that word “approve”. When we jump from “God allows...

No, God will not violate freedom of choice to stop a person from doing something sinful. Allowing is absolutely not approving. Approve means to officially agree to, accept, and speak favorably of something. It indicates that an action, plan, or idea has been judged as pleasing and...

So you think churches should only let saved believers enter them? Unsaved people must not be allowed to go to church? How do you determine if a person is saved? Do you stand at the door and interrogate them? Make them fill out a questionnaire? Put a sign on the door that says “Non-believers...