by Doug Hammack
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The “Big Three” temptations of life have a long and storied tradition. The ancients called them “the lust of the eyes,” “the lust of the flesh,” and “the pride of life.” We think of them as pride (an excessive focus on self), lust (an excessive focus on pleasure), and greed (an excessive focus on possessions). In this lesson and the next few, we’ll be thinking about how we can have greater internal freedom in the face of the “Big Three.”