Gluttoney is as Great a Sin as Drunkeness
Ronald Cammenga examines gluttony as a sin deserving equal condemnation as drunkenness, grounding his analysis in Scripture's treatment of eating and drinking from creation through the New Testament. The article argues that gluttony—consuming food beyond what is necessary to sustain life—represents a sinful abuse of God's good gifts and deserves public confession and church discipline, yet remains largely unaddressed in Protestant Reformed congregations.
THE WIDESPREAD PROBLEM You have likely heard a public confession of sin in your congregation for drunkenness. Maybe the repentant sinner was guilty of public intoxication, or had been arrested for driving under the influence (DUI), or brought to jail for causing an accident while impaired. When was the last time that you heard a public confession for the sin of gluttony? I doubt that there has ever been such a confession in the history of our churches. And yet, the Scriptures make plain that...
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