Lunch Money Dilemma
Theme of the Week: Meet the Tempter Head-on
Sunday, July 19, 2009
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Who Said It … Greg Laurie
When Greg Laurie found God at age 17, he was a hippie who smoked pot, took LSD, and drank alcohol regularly. He and other believers who had given up drugs and alcohol retained their long hair and hippie-like clothes. But the Bible study Greg began at age 19 has grown into a megachurch: the Harvest Christian Fellowship of Riverside California. In addition to his senior pastor role there, Greg packs out sports stadiums with evangelistic campaigns he calls Harvest Crusades. He also writes books, including his autobiography, Lost Boy (Regal, 2008), and hosts television and radio programs. What He Said … Lunch Money Dilemma
Jack Handey, known for his odd sense of humor frequently expressed on old Saturday Night Live programs in a segment titled "Deep Thoughts," wrote an equally odd book entitled Fuzzy Memories. In it Handey relates the story of a bully who demanded his lunch money every day when he was a child.
Because Handey was smaller than the bully, he simply gave the bully his money.
"Then I decided to fight back," Handey continues. "I started taking karate lessons, but the instructor wanted $5 a lesson. That was a lot of money. I found that it was cheaper to pay the bully, so I gave up karate."
Unfortunately, many Christians have the same attitude about Satan and the temptations that come their way. It's easier to pay the bully than to learn how to fight him.
Adapted from Lies We Tell Ourselves (Regal, 2006) by permission.
Copyright © 2009 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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