Description:
In The Sins We Love, Seattle pastor Randy Rowland tackles one of the most charged words in Christianity. Almost everyone is guilty of committing sins, but only a few admit them, and even fewer people understand their seductive appeal. Although Rowland is most renowned for his other line of work (he is the popular public announcer for the Seattle Seahawks football team), he does not come off as an angry fire-and-brimstone pastor with a booming, loudspeaker voice. Instead, Rowland takes a more intimate approach. His tone is that of a kindly pastor who puts an arm around your shoulder after church and softly says, "The trouble is, you just don't understand why sin has such a powerful hold on you. Let me explain ..." Rowland organized his chapters according to the seven deadly sins (pride, envy, anger, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust), which he calls "sirens." "They beckon us toward them as if they are indeed something lovely," he writes. "We fall in love with everything about these sins ... But when we answer their call, we find ourselves face to face with a nightmare that annihilates us." Every chapter discusses the particular attraction to these lethal sins. Thankfully, Rowland reveals his own sins and shortcomings, so he never falls into a holier-than-thou attitude. He then discusses how each poisonous sin seems to have an antidote--a specific virtue that overcomes the attraction to a sin while strengthening the reader's relationship with God.
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