Podcast
What the Bible Says About Gluttony
The Bryce Crawford Podcast
Speaker: Bryce Crawford
May 29, 2026 · 16 min
TemptationSpiritual DisciplinesIdentity in ChristAnxiety & WorryProverbs 23:201 Corinthians 10Genesis 25
Summary
Gluttony is a lack of self-control in eating that reflects spiritual starvation and idolatry of food rather than God. The speaker defines gluttony, examines biblical warnings in Proverbs and Corinthians, and argues that true satisfaction comes through loving Jesus and disciplining consumption rather than seeking escape in food.
Highlights
Gluttony is when you turn to food for comfort, control, escape, satisfaction, instead of turning to Jesus.
When God has put parameters and restrictions and warnings around things, God is not robbing us from joy. God is actually saying, you will find the purest and utmost greatest form of joy in the limits that I have restrained around you.
There is no greater satisfaction to be found anywhere else but in Jesus.