{"id":1251,"date":"2015-03-24T15:39:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T15:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2018-06-07T16:42:23","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T16:42:23","slug":"covetousness-a-ministerial-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/?p=1251","title":{"rendered":"Covetousness: A Ministerial Sin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the book, Covetousness, written and compiled by Lillian Harvey, many aspects of the sin, Covetousness, are covered. In the following quotation, a former editor of the magazine, The Wesleyan Methodist, courageously states that this is a sin which is not uncommon among professed servants of God:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt influences church legislation. It speaks out when the minister is considering a call to a new field. It gives direction as to the choice of sermon themes and throws a blanket of distrust over all benevolent deeds.<div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69d2b77fcb3846052051692' value='69d2b77fcb3846052051692'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69d2b77fcb3846052051692' value='Continue reading...'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69d2b77fcb3846052051692' value='Show Less'><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69d2b77fcb3846052051692' ><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there is an inordinate desire for ease, for the smooth road, for the secluded spot where the pounding waves never reach, beware! Covetousness is lurking near.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCovetousness needs to be recognized, confessed, and repudiated. The only sovereign remedy is to give Christ the preeminence in our hearts; for then shall we value all temporal things in comparison to Him. He has made adequate provision for cleansing the heart from the \u2018dry rot\u2019 of covetousness.<br \/>\n<em>\u2014Wesleyan Methodist.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Covetousness is published by Harvey Christian Publishers and is available in their online Christian bookstore.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><a id='bg-showmore-action-69d2b77fcb3846052051692' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#cc1818;;\" href='#'>Continue reading...<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the book, Covetousness, written and compiled by Lillian Harvey, many aspects of the sin, Covetousness, are covered. In the following quotation, a former editor of the magazine, The Wesleyan Methodist, courageously states that this is a sin which is not uncommon among professed servants of God: \u201cIt influences church legislation. It speaks out when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[532,533,534],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1852,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions\/1852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}