The Seven Deadly Sins de James Stalker

The Seven Deadly Sins

James Stalker

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 iul 2009

This 1901 pamphlet is a handy guide to all who need instruction in the worst of the worst sins, those seven "deadly" misdeeds designed by Satan himself to trip us up. Discover:. Pride, "the primary sin". Avarice, which "has played a conspicuous and evil part in history". Luxury, "what we should rather call sensuality or licentiousness". Envy, "the cause of some of the greatest crimes". Appetite, or "gluttony" and "drunkenness". Anger, excepting "holy indignation". Sloth, or "aversion to religious exercises"Whether taken as caution or instruction, this classic instructive work is sure to enlighten the curious reader.Scottish evangelical preacher JAMES M. STALKER (1848-1927) also wrote *The Life of Jesus Christ* (1885) and *The Life of St. Paul* (1888), among many other works.

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James Stalker was born in Crieff, Scotland, on February 21, 1848. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and he was ordained as a minister of the Free Church of Scotland in 1874. He began his ministry at St. Brycedale, in Kirkcaldy, in that same year, and in 1887 he began pastoral duties at St. Matthew's in Glasgow. He was also a professor of church history at the Free Church College in Glasgow. James Stalker was a widely known preacher of his day in Scotland and America. He also authored many books, the two best known of which are his Life of Jesus Christ and his Life of St. Paul. James Stalker died on February 5, 1927.