Don’s Blogs

Imagine that the most deadly sins aren’t the headlining ones, but those quietly destroying the soul from the inside out. The Bible doesn’t list sins it warns about mentalities and behaviors that can derail a Christian’s walk with God, usually in subtle ways. These aren’t relics of outdated morality; they’re living, breathing concerns that pop up in boardrooms, on social media feeds, and even at the dinner table.

For Christians who desire to live out their faith, understanding these sins is not fear-mongering it’s illumination. They all have spiritual weight that can lead someone away from God’s presence and plan. The better news: God’s Word gives not only warning, but clear, grace-filled means of resisting and overcoming them. Here’s a closer look at ten of the most severe sins of the Bible, and how their ancient wisdom still resonates in hearts today.

1. Pride – The Sneaky Saboteur

Pride is called the cause of all sin for a reason. Proverbs 16:18 warns that “pride goes before destruction,” and it’s not just pride it’s pride in being self-sufficient that excludes God. It might show up in refusing to acknowledge mistakes, subtly one-upping folks, or bragging about blessings that descended from heaven.

Story by C. Douglas Golden

One of the favorite phrases of the late Christian apologist and novelist C.S. Lewis was “chronological snobbery,” which he defined as “the uncritical acceptance of the intellectual climate of our own age and the assumption that whatever has gone out of date is on that count discredited.”

It’s an idea that more Christians ought to pay attention to, particularly as the gospel gets watered down by modernity. And, if they need a reminder, ancient Christians from a much earlier chronological time — 400 A.D. or so, to be precise — have a few words for them.

According to an Aug. 3 Fox News report, an important discovery was recently made during an excavation at the city of Olympus, which Fox described as “an ancient Lycian port city in Turkey’s Antalya province.”