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The Bible has a lot to say about temptations. There are stories galore in the scriptures about

people being tempted, and when

it comes to sexual sin, we're told to run from it. We're going to have some ideas about how you can

flee a tempting situation. I'm John Fuller, joined by Dr. Greg Smalley and his wife, Aaron. They

lead the Focus on the Family Marriage Team, and we're going to kick off today with a conversation from Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. Jim spoke with Jerry Jenkins, who has written, I think, a couple of hundred books, and one he wrote many, many years ago has been a go-to for me. It's so good. It's so practical. It's called Hedges. And here's the conversation

about it. Jerry, welcome back. It's good to see you again. Thank you. Good to be here.

Going back to last time, we did touch on flirting a little bit, but let's pick it up again today.

Because that can be such an easy area to kind of just wiggle through a little bit. But you're

saying you should have some really hard

boundaries on what that is. And sometimes, you know, Gene will say occasionally to me, hey, you're a little too nice to that waitress. You know, it's with her there, but I'm trying to be nice to a server. And, you know, I'm thinking it's all within normal boundaries. You know, I hope you're having a great day, whatever it might be. But what she perceives as maybe being too friendly is,

you know, I hope you're having a great day, whatever it might be. But what she perceives as maybe being too friendly is, you know, I got to pay attention to that.

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