Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 21, 2009
ON TEMPTATION
A number of years ago, the Douglas Aircraft company was competing with Boeing to sell Eastern Airlines its first big jets. War hero Eddie Rickenbacker, the head of Eastern Airlines, reportedly told Donald Douglas that the specifications and claims made by Douglas’s company for the
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Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 14, 2019
TEMPTATION
Can you see him running, he is running with all his might? Look at the beads of sweat popping out on his forehead. Each step that he takes is labored; he is exhausted from the struggle. Can you see the fear in his eyes as he looks back over his shoulder? Something’s got a hold on him and
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A well-known author once told this story of an account he had with sea gulls: “Several years ago our family visited Niagara Falls. It was spring, and ice was rushing down the river. As I viewed the large blocks of ice flowing toward the falls, I could see that there were dead fish embedded in the
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Oct 3, 2023
Have you seen the Kid’s Candy Challenge videos?
• What happens in the Kid’s Candy Challenge is the parent tells their small child or children that they can have
some candy
• But they have to wait until mom or dad gets back
• The candy is set right in front of them
• Along with a phone to
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HARRY POTTER: TEMPTATION
Every great story has great characters. And in truly great stories, the characters go through significant change. This change is called a character arc.
For example, if you’re familiar with the Harry Potter series, you know that Harry starts off in the story as an
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Feb 17, 2008
Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we
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A young driver was in a hurry to get to an appointment and illegally parked his car. He left this note under the windshield wiper of his auto: So sorry, but I have circled the block for twenty minutes. I am late for an appointment and if I don't park here, I'll lose my job!
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Misunderstandings regarding temptation:
1) Temptation itself is sin.
2) We fall into temptation.
3) God is disappointed and displeased when we are tempted.
4) To be strongly tempted means we are as guilty as if we had actually committed sin.
5) We overcome all temptation by separation
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Dr Warren Wiersbe has some excellent words we all need to keep on the "front burner" of our mind so that we have our loins (minds) girded for action (before) the next time we are tempted to commit some flagrant, presumptive, abominable sin against our Holy, Holy, Holy God.
BEFORE you
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SEVEN STAGES OF TEMPTATION
1 THE LOOK "When he is drawn away"
2 THE LUST "By his own desires"
3 THE LURE "And Enticed"
4 THE CONCEPTION "When desire has conceived"
5 THE BIRTH "It gives birth to sin"
6 THE GROWTH "And sin, when it is
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
WILLIAM BARCLAY ON TEMPTATION
"Temptation is not meant to make us sin; it is meant to enable us to conquer sin.
It is not meant to make us bad, it is meant to make us good.
It is not meant to weaken us, it is meant to make us emerge stronger and finer and purer from the ordeal.
Temptation is not
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A driver tucked this note under the windshield wiper of his automobile for a police officer to read.
"I've circled this block for 20 minutes. I'm late for an appointment, and if I don't park here, I'll lose my job. Forgive us our trespasses."
When he came back, the
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JOHN STOTT ON TEMPTATION
"The command to get rid of troublesome eyes, hands and feet
is an example of our Lord’s use of dramatic figures of speech. What he was advocating was not a literal physical self-maiming, but a ruthless moral self-denial...to reject sinful practices so resolutely that we
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