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Anger

by Bill IsleyOctober 17, 2019October 17, 201941

Anger is universally recognized as an extremely dangerous emotion.  Two thousand years ago the Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger lamented, “No plague has cost the human race so dear” (“On Anger,” 1.2).  The Jewish psychiatrist … AngerRead more

Envy: The Thoroughly Nasty Sin

by Bill IsleySeptember 29, 2019September 29, 201949

Henry Fairlie wrote, “Envy is the one Deadly Sin to which no one readily confesses.”[1] Why is this so?  Pride is the root of all sins, and yet it can have a positive meaning and … Envy: The Thoroughly Nasty SinRead more

Vainglory: Pride’s Pitiful Little Sister

by Bill IsleySeptember 19, 2019September 19, 201944

  In the previous essay vainglory[1] was described as pride’s pitiful little sister, both to stress its likeness to pride and its difference from pride.  At its worse, pride despises others and does not care … Vainglory: Pride’s Pitiful Little SisterRead more

Pride: The Deadliest of the Deadly Sins

by Bill IsleySeptember 2, 2019September 2, 201947

The Christian tradition of the seven deadly sins firmly maintains that pride is the chief of all sins.   The title of the chapter on pride in C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity is “The Great Sin.”  … Pride: The Deadliest of the Deadly SinsRead more

The Seven Deadly Sins

by Bill IsleyAugust 1, 2019January 6, 202240

  In 1973 the famed American psychiatrist Karl Menninger wrote Whatever Became of Sin? In that book he provocatively argued against psychology’s watering down the concept of sin to sickness. Add to this the corroding … The Seven Deadly SinsRead more

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