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Sin as Addiction, Christ as Hope

A personal struggle with addiction, and a spiritual solution

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Feb 27, 2024
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It struck me the other day that addiction is at the very heart of sin. Addiction, or negative habit formation, is the root of all sin and definitive of the human condition. We are at our essence habit forming creatures and oriented towards short-term hedonistic pleasure satisfaction. It is hard to sacrifice the temptation of short-term pleasure for the …

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