Topics:<\/b> Addiction; Pride; Sin; Temptation<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> James 1:13\u201315; 2 Peter 3:8\u201315<\/p>\n
For the first time in forty-seven years, the tuna were running only thirty miles off Cape Cod. And they were biting. All you needed to catch one was a sharp hook and some bait. And the rumor was that Japanese buyers would pay $50,000 for a nice bluefin.<\/p>\n
Many inexperienced fishermen ignored coast guard warnings and headed out to sea in small boats. What they didn\u2019t realize was that the problem wasn\u2019t catching the fish; it was reeling in the giant tuna and pulling it aboard.<\/p>\n
The Christi Anne<\/i>, a nineteen-foot boat, capsized while doing battle with a tuna. That same day the twenty-seven-foot boat Basic Instinct<\/i> suffered the same fate, while Official Business<\/i>, a twenty-eight-footer, was swamped after it hooked a six-hundred-pound tuna. Fishermen on these boats underestimated the power of the fish they were trying to catch.<\/p>\n
That is what temptation does to us. It looks great on the surface. Only after we hook into it do we discover its strength.<\/p>\n
\u2014Kent Edwards, South Hamilton, Massachusetts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Addiction; Pride; Sin; Temptation References: James 1:13\u201315; 2 Peter 3:8\u201315 For the first time in forty-seven years, the tuna were running only thirty miles off Cape Cod. And they were biting. All you needed to catch one was a sharp hook and some bait. And the rumor was that Japanese buyers would pay $50,000 … Continue reading “SINKING
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