Do's and Don'ts!
Do's and Don'ts 11 August 2024 Ephesians 4:25-5:2 John 6:35, 41-51 A few years ago, SBS ran a series of short films on the seven deadly sins-one each on anger, sloth, gluttony, lust, envy, greed and pride. But they weren’t quite what you'd expect. The overall message, in so far as there was one, seemed to be that it is a matter of good mental health to get these things out of our system. A healthy angry outburst, for example, makes more sense than bottling it up and getting an ulcer. The film on gluttony dwelt in loving detail on the unimaginably varied appetites of its main character in a celebration of passion and pleasure until he finally ate himself into an early grave. Every film had a twist in the tale, but even as they came unstuck the characters just seemed to be doing what the rest of us secretly long to do but don't dare. Envy drove its protagonist into a lifestyle the rest of us could only-well-envy. The film on lust suggested a healthy dose of libido was n...