The Seven Deadly Sins: How to Overcome Life's Most Toxic Habits

by Graham Tomlin and The Rt Revd Dr Graham Tomlin

Book Overview

"It's naughty but nice." "I know I shouldn't really, but it will be fun and won't do any harm." The idea of 'sin' today evokes smirks rather than shudders. We find it hard to see why our ancestors got so agitated about it: haven't we got beyond such prudery? By examining each of The Seven Deadly Sins in turn, Graham Tomlin restores sin to its proper place as something to be deeply feared. He shows how contemporary culture reverses traditional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745956432
• ISBN13: 9780745956435
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Lion Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

More than naughty, and not nice at all...

Today's society has diluted the 7 Deadly sins down to a 'naughty but nice' status. As a Christian, I knew about the 7 deadly sins, but I never really considered them to be deadly. I'm not into 'heavy' reading, and this was easy to read. I started with just fingering it, then started to read it little by little, and found I kept coming back to it. It explains the seven deadly sins in a way that I had never known or considered. It defines the sins and their roots, and then gives simple illustrative examples. It gives a lot of references to historic writers, but not in such a way that I would be turned off. Please note that I had checked this book out of the library, and think it is well worth buying for my family and friends. BTW - the author is British, so some of the wording is unusual to the American reader.