The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride
In the name of Jesus. Amen. The seven deadly sins are often thought of as Roman Catholic. When people hear the phrase, “Seven Deadly Sins,” they picture something medieval — something foreign to us. But let us be clear: the seven deadly sins are not distinctly Roman Catholic. They are thoroughly Biblical. They simply summarize patterns of sinful desire that Holy Scripture repeatedly condemns. And so, this Lent, we will examine them together. The seven deadly sins are: pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust. Now, keep this in mind. These are not merely outward behaviors. They are not just the visible sins that others can see and measure. Instead, they tend to describe the corrupt motives of the sinful heart. They identify the inward impulses from which sinful actions flow. And from a Lutheran perspective, this fits naturally with the doctrine of original sin. That is to say; we are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners. That is correct, the problem...
