Season 4 Episode 5

"Just like the Apostle Paul said, 'We take our ordinary, walking around life and animate it with the Spirit of Christ!"- Dr. DeYoung

So often when we hear the word sin, it conjures up legalistic rules in our minds or a boundary we better not break. But what if the Seven Deadly Sins actually point us to more than a set of rules? What if they serve as a self-diagnostic tool which may instead facilitate a life of formation and Christ-likeness?

Dr. Rebecca Deyoung has enjoyed teaching ethics and the history of ancient and medieval philosophy at Calvin University for 25 years. Her research focuses on the seven deadly sins, and virtue ethics, as well as Thomas Aquinas’s work on the virtues. She’s written extensively about various vices and virtues – one of those books, Glittering Vices (A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies) we will be discussing today. Awards for her work include the Book and Essay Prize from the Character Project and the C.S. Lewis prize for Glittering Vices. She speaks widely, including opportunities to teach in prison. She and her family live in Grand Rapids, near the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline.

https://calvin.edu/directory/people/rebecca-konyndyk-deyoung

https://philpeople.org/profiles/rebecca-deyoung

Atlantic Article Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/legalized-gambling-marijuana-use-addiction/673028/

Book link: https://bookstore.vineyardcolumbus.org/reads/p/glittering-vices

"You may notice some minor audio glitches in this recording - we apologize, as we are trying something new! Please do listen through to the end - this is a great conversation you won't want to miss!"