Temperance

“But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank. . . .” Daniel 1:8 And so, finally, we come to temperance, the last of nine evidences of the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5. What is temperance? Who is the temperate man that Galatians would have us know? Simply put, temperance is self- control. It is the virtue which is best defined by its opposite, excess or indulgence. Sometimes we like to speak of...