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Envy & Kindness
Take out a sheet of paper and number from one to seven. Now list the seven deadly sins in what you would say is their order of badness. Did you put envy last? Does it seem “less bad” to you than lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, and pride? If so, elevate it immediately to Deadly Sin number one. It has you fooled, which makes it the deadliest sin in the bunch. It probably marketed itself to you as something good (a form of admiration), or something partially good (a synonym for jealousy), instead of something thoroughly bad (frustrated self-exaltation fueled … View Resource

Carol Ruvolo
Carol J. Ruvolo is an author and speaker, and she is the education coordinator at Covenant Grace Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico.