Description

Instagram is unparalleled in its capacity to stir up envy within us; and envy is unparalleled in its power to destroy relationships. In this episode, Cameron and Anna uncover the backbone of envy and talk about the truths from God's word that provide the corrective for our jealousy and covetousness. 

Resources:

The Agony of Instagram by Alex Williams

The Envy of Eve: Finding Contentment in a Covetous World by Melissa Kruger

The Problem of Demandingness by Larry Crabb

Scriptures:

• Cain and Abel (Gen 4)
• Jacon and Esau (Gen 27-29)
• Saul and David (1 Samuel 18-31)
• Joseph and His Brothers (Gen 37)
• Korah, Dathan, and Abiram (Num. 16)

The Backbone of Envy:

• Not recognizing and being grateful for what you have.
• Believing God is holding out on you.
• Believing that getting what you want will make you happy.
• Demandingness- wanting what you want RIGHT NOW!
• Not desiring good things to happen to other people.
• Not trusting in God's providence.

Hosted by Anna Meade Harris, author of God's Grace for Every Family: Biblical Encouragement for Single-Parent Families and the Churches That Seek to Love Them Well, and Cameron Cole, author of Heavenward: How Eternity Can Change Your Life on Earth and Therefore I Have Hope: 12 Truths That Comfort, Sustain, and Redeem in Tragedy.