"Within the precepts of religion are sometimes founnd certain sins which I want here to mention. These may be classified under three heads: Sins committed out of weakness, respectable sins more or less allowed by everyone, and sins that have been woven into the religious fabric until they have become a necessary part of it. . . .
"Sins of the second category are those that exist with the sanction of or at least the connivance of the church, such as pride, vanity, self-centeredness, levity, worldliness, gluttony, the telling of 'white' lies, borderline dishonesty, lack of compassion for the unfortunate, complacency, absorption in the affairs of this life, love of pleasure, the holding of grudges, stinginess, gossiping, and various dirty habits not expressly forbidden by name in Scriptures." (p. 156).
from The Warfare of the Spirit: Developing Spiritual Maturity, 1993, Christian Publications, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
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