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According to the Holland translation these lusts are ‘‘things lusted after” (begeerlijk-heden). These lusts are not merely the evil desires of the flesh such as fornication., uncleanness, lasciviousness, drunkenness and all kinds of moral delinquency. It does not seem contextually likely that Paul h
harlot…how to flatter, lie, swear, to allure to whoredom, to murder, how to poison, how to disobey and rebel against” authority, to stir to “lusts…to be idle, to blaspheme, to sing filthy songs of love, to speak filthily, to be proud, to mock, scoff and deride” all good.
sits red- and green-eyed as other women—coifed and dressed in their finest at midday—win money and refrigerators and play charades (‘lie, czar, rust… Lazarus!’) with real, live, ever-popular, never-to-be-forgotten celebrities such as Alan King, Tom Poston, Morey Amsterdam, and what’s-him-name. “But
They aim to grip the attention and to arouse the emotions, to hold the audience under their spell and to sweep them along on a wave of suspense until the last scene has been enacted. Passion and lewdness, not always extolled, but sometimes even condemned, are openly played before the eager eyes of t
When caught, at last, more riches flock in to excite more desire and to mock man. The result is a feeding frenzy. Man scrambles here and there, he tramples anything in his way, he lurches and grasps, he devises ingenious means to capture wealth. Though his pleasures and luxuries increase, he grows d
They give themselves to the satisfaction of their lion-like greed; but also this is immediately followed by a gloomy pessimism. The path of philosophy they tread to the end, only to look into the mocking eyes of the devil of despair and dissatisfaction. Art and pleasure and vile lust are worshipped
Lust of the eyes the Scriptures speak of. These are really identical with lust of the flesh. They are closely associated with the vainglory of our biological life. You like to buy a new car? Your car dealer, if he is a man of the “lust of the flesh”, will try to allure you to buy the car with the as
pastor of First PRC in Grand Rapids, Michigan Laughter is a sound we usually hope to hear as we make our way to gatherings of family or friends over the holidays. The table set with saucers and plates, the full glasses, the piles of food, and the light hearts are all designed with this very purpose
Webster says that that word means, joyful, glad, merry. That word tricky Satan uses to soften the impact of the real meaning also found in the dictionary, meaning licentious. A September issue of Newsweek had a cover story of those licentious people. They are a class of people who are bound together
His hands are hooked lazily into his waist, body bent backward facing the sun, carefree face uplifted, almost to the zenith, with eyes closed and a rapturous, beaming smile. I know how he feels. That’s why I have the picture. The place is glorious. It has an exhilarating atmosphere all its own, one