Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

Sometimes, sin attacks us out of nowhere, but sometimes, it simmers in us for a long time before it takes shape. St. Gregory helps us know how to deal with sin, whether it’s obvious or insidious.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those are to be admonished who sin from sudden impulse and those who sin deliberately.

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

Sometimes, we can actually be proud of our sin. Once again, St. Gregory takes us beyond the obvious and shows us God’s perspective on things.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those are to be admonished who praise the unlawful things of which they are conscious, and those who while condemning them, in no wise guard against them.

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

The words I used in the title? Well, those are my words, but St. Gregory digs into these ideas and shows us just how complicated they are. Once again, cour culture has shaped our thinking and we’ve gotten all bent out of shape. Here, Gregory helps hammer us back into shape with some eternal truths.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those are to be admonished who have had experience of the sins of the flesh, and those who have not.

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

The words I used in the title? Well, those are my words, but St. Gregory digs into these ideas and shows us just how complicated they are. Once again, our culture has shaped our thinking and we’ve gotten all bent out of shape. Here, Gregory helps hammer us back into shape with some eternal truths.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How they are to be admonished who lament sins of deed, and those who lament only sins of thought.

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

This piece by St. Gregory might could easily rile you up. He talks about sexual sin. We’re so soaked in our culture, that his words sound like something from another time. They are, but they are also timeless. He challenges all of us with things that maybe we’ve probably never considered.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those are to be admonished who have had experience of the sins of the flesh, and those who have not.

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

This piece by St. Gregory might make you a bit uncomfortable. But in the midst of it all, he gives us hope. That hope comes from dragging the issue into the light. If you disagree, at least respect him enough to listen.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How the married and the single are to be admonished.

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

This piece by St. Gregory talks about something that bugs almost everyone. Why are there people who succeed at everything, and people who seem to succeed at nothing. Gregory doesn’t explain it away, he just sheds some light on some things that maybe we’ve never considered.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those are to be admonished with whom everything succeeds according to their wish, and those with whom nothing does.

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

This piece by St. Gregory addresses the fact that people need humility, but they also need to assess themselves accurately. Gregory shows us how that looks.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How those are to be admonished who decline the office of preaching out of too great humility, and those who seize on it with precipitate haste.

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

This piece by St. Gregory addresses the fact that people are just in different places regarding their spiritual growth. Gregory gives us the wisdom we need to help them.

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How the rude in sacred learning, and those who are learned but not humble, are to be admonished.

Book 3 of the field guide addresses the question, How do I lead all these people, anyway. They’re all so different?

This piece by St. Gregory addresses another facet of conflict management. Some people are not peacemakers, and some are. Gregory helps us understand how to lead them forward .

St. Gregory's Summary Statement for this chapter:

How sowers of strifes and peacemakers are to be admonished.