The Acceptable Christian Sin of Gluttony #42

TEXT: Numbers 11:4-6

Sarah Christmyer wrote, "Maybe it’s easier to see gluttony as evil when there’s not enough to go around.  But feasting has become an American pastime, only matched by our obsession with dieting – and where would one be without the other? Abundance has become less a cause for thanksgiving as a challenge to consume as much as possible."
 
According to ABC News, "Wider waistbands seem to widen the pay gap. One George Washington University School of Public Health study found a strong connection between greater obesity and shrinking wages. Examining data from the 2004 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the researchers discovered that wages among the obese were $8,600 less for females and $4,772 lower for males compared with their thinner counterparts."
 
This is an uncomfortable subject for many of us, but if you listen and take heed, this particular series can not only change your life spiritually, but it can save your life physically.