Welcome plodders! This week Douglas Wilson talks about temptation and the three levels of mortification. Then he goes on to review Paul Bloom’s book, “Against Empathy”. Wrapping it up with a look at hamartia and hamartano in 1 Peter. Happy plodding!

 

Show Notes:

 

Temptation & Mortification:

• We are tempted by the world, the flesh, and the devil
• Jesus was genuinely tempted in the wilderness
• Jesus was never tempted due to his past record of sinning like we are
• 3 levels of mortification: 1.) becoming a Christian 2.) over and done mortification 3) continuous mortification

 

Against Empathy:

• Written by Paul Bloom
• We live in a time when empathy is considered as the fundamental moral virtue
• Bloom does a great job showing us why we should take caution with empathy

 

Hamartia & Hamartano:

• Looking at hamartano in 1 Peter
• Mentioned in (1 Pet. 2:20, 2:22, 2:24, 3:18, 4:1, 4:8)