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I'm listening to the show. I'm staying out of debt, and I thought about a car, but... As long as I was thinking about it in my mind, no.

So I recreated my career in sales. So I went to, I was looking for a hotel degree. I get it. And then Corona hits and I started a sales career. So I'm improving on that. I want to go further. I'm a sales manager for energy resources for healthcare and hospitals. So yeah, I will make more money. Listen, that's always an option. I think the main thing to take away is I would not

So I recreated my career in sales. So I went to, I was looking for a hotel degree. I get it. And then Corona hits and I started a sales career. So I'm improving on that. I want to go further. I'm a sales manager for energy resources for healthcare and hospitals. So yeah, I will make more money. Listen, that's always an option. I think the main thing to take away is I would not

So I recreated my career in sales. So I went to, I was looking for a hotel degree. I get it. And then Corona hits and I started a sales career. So I'm improving on that. I want to go further. I'm a sales manager for energy resources for healthcare and hospitals. So yeah, I will make more money. Listen, that's always an option. I think the main thing to take away is I would not

Go ahead. I will be clear at that point. So don't worry about that.

Go ahead. I will be clear at that point. So don't worry about that.

Go ahead. I will be clear at that point. So don't worry about that.

He's going to lay it down. I'm very open minded, but thank you.

He's going to lay it down. I'm very open minded, but thank you.

He's going to lay it down. I'm very open minded, but thank you.

I was eight years old, and I knew just what he was talking about. He was just saying the same thing I had read in my Bible dozens of times. As an evangelical Christian, I wanted desperately to please God, so for my entire adolescence and up into my twenties, I literally tried to avoid having lustful thoughts. I was taught this was possible.

I was eight years old, and I knew just what he was talking about. He was just saying the same thing I had read in my Bible dozens of times. As an evangelical Christian, I wanted desperately to please God, so for my entire adolescence and up into my twenties, I literally tried to avoid having lustful thoughts. I was taught this was possible.

Paul says in 2 Corinthians that we take every thought captive in the name of Jesus, which means that any spiritually healthy person ought to be able to control every thought in his head. Of course, in practice, this is even harder than it sounds.

Paul says in 2 Corinthians that we take every thought captive in the name of Jesus, which means that any spiritually healthy person ought to be able to control every thought in his head. Of course, in practice, this is even harder than it sounds.

So for young evangelicals like me, there's a whole sub-industry of sex advice columns and books with titles like Every Man's Struggle or Taking Thoughts Captive. You can find them in the For Men section of any Christian bookstore. The first thing they always tell you is that sex is a beautiful gift from God.

So for young evangelicals like me, there's a whole sub-industry of sex advice columns and books with titles like Every Man's Struggle or Taking Thoughts Captive. You can find them in the For Men section of any Christian bookstore. The first thing they always tell you is that sex is a beautiful gift from God.

Even though it's a gift, they don't want you to touch or even think about it because you're just going to ruin it with your filthy paws. Any physical pleasure, even pleasure you'd give yourself while alone, is completely forbidden. Then they tell you how to survive until marriage. They all run some variation on, you can't help the first glance, but you can prevent the second.

Even though it's a gift, they don't want you to touch or even think about it because you're just going to ruin it with your filthy paws. Any physical pleasure, even pleasure you'd give yourself while alone, is completely forbidden. Then they tell you how to survive until marriage. They all run some variation on, you can't help the first glance, but you can prevent the second.

This is Josh Harris in the audio version of his book, Not Even a Hint, Guarding Your Heart Against Lust. It's full of practical tips.

This is Josh Harris in the audio version of his book, Not Even a Hint, Guarding Your Heart Against Lust. It's full of practical tips.