Above All Else: From Gluttony to Self-Control

Above All Else: From Gluttony to Self-Control

From Restored Church by Restored Church San Diego

June 21, 2026

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Grant Clark explores the concept of gluttony as a disordered appetite in the heart, emphasizing its implications beyond just food.

In week eight of Above All Else, a series on the heart and the seven deadly sins, Grant Clark explores gluttony. Drawing on Proverbs, John 6, and the unforgettable image of Augustus Gloop tumbling into Willy Wonka's chocolate river, Grant argues that gluttony is not fundamentally about food but about a disordered appetite in the heart that cannot say "enough." He then points us to Jesus, the Bread of Life, as the only one who truly and lastingly satisfies. "Gluttony is a third car when one will do, a third drink when one is best, a third hobby when the other two you started aren't satisfying enough. Alcoholics and drug users are gluttons, but so are some web surfers, card players, and businesspeople. In other words, '-aholic' is the suffix attached to the glutton's meal of choice, for gluttony is immoderation, and immoderation is not about having body fat; it's about having a gaunt soul." - Jeff Cook, Seven What gluttony is (and isn't): - Gluttony is not simply eating too much; it is any appetite that refuses to say no, not yet, or enough - Thomas Aquinas: gluttons eat "too soon, too expensively, too much, too eagerly, or with too much finicky fussing about... food" - The Desert…

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Host: Grant Clark

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Organizations: Proverbs, John 6

Books & works: Willy Wonka's chocolate river, Seven

Places: America

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