Snagged!
Theme of the Week: The Sensuality Snare
Bill Perkins
Sunday, March 21, 2004
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Key Bible Verse: I can't make myself do right. I want to, but I can't (Romans 7:18). Bonus Reading:Rom. 7:14–25
The day the story appeared in Portland's Oregonian, I was having lunch with a friend. "What did you think of the fire at Adult Fantasy Video?" he asked. "I feel sorry for the guy who died," he added.
"Yeah, well, I feel sorry for his mother," I said. "Imagine having that be the last memory of your son."
"It could have been me," my buddy told me.
"What do you mean?" I asked, shocked.
"I've been in that place. I've been in that room," he said. "You could have been reading about me in the paper today and feeling sorry for my wife and kids."
"Are you ever going back?" I asked.
"I can't," he said. "It burned to the ground."
But the city slapped the owner's hand for a fire code violation, and his insurance company gave him a big enough settlement to rebuild.
A few weeks ago I asked my friend if he'd visited the new store. He had. When I asked why, he said he didn't know. "Every time I leave that place, I feel like the scum of the earth. I swear I'll never go in there again. But later I just can't resist the urge. I'm caught and I can't get loose."
—Bill Perkins in When Good Men Are Tempted
Adapted from When Good Men Are Tempted (Zondervan, 1997) by permission.
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Lord, you created me with sexual impulses. To avoid abusing them, I desperately need to submit to Your power.
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