Opposites are all around us: hot and cold, light and dark, love and hate. Scripture is full of opposites, too: right and wrong, godliness and sin, good and evil. God's Word defines what is evil and what is good as well as the consequences and results of both choices.

Larry Swaim is the author of Set in Stone, Growing Older in God's Grace, The Christian and Good Mental Health, and Faith: The Christian's Hope and Shield. In his newest study, Wicked or Worthy, he dissects what are commonly called the "seven deadly sins" and offers the virtues that counter each one.