As you might imagine, "The War Within: An Anatomy of Lust" in our Fall, 1982, issue attracted quite a bit of attention.

We received thirty-five letters about the article, far more than any other single article response in our three years of publishing. Twenty-four of the letters were positive, eleven were negative.

In addition, more readers than usual returned their Reader Surveys (an important source of feedback for us please fill out the one in this issue on page 121). "The War Within" received more 10 ratings than any article we've published. It also received several 1 ratings, but still stands as our second highest ranked article ever.

Normally we don't publish a letters column, but in this case we decided interest demanded it. Following are samplings from the letters.

I object to "The War Within" on two counts: (1) It was unnecessarily explicit; (2) It could utterly discourage one who is being tempted, and imply God's grace is not sufficient to keep one from a similar tragedy.

The temptation ...