Jerry Bridges on Body
“Another reason we must closely govern our indulgence of food and drink is that the person who overindulges his body at this point will find it more and more difficult to mortify other sinful deeds of the body. The habit of always giving in to the desire for food and drink will extend to other areas. If we cannot say no to an indulgent appetite, we will be hard pressed to say no to lustful thoughts.”
Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness, p. 110.
Source: The Pursuit of Holiness
Jerry Bridges had been with the Navigators and involved in campus ministries a number of years. This book was first written in 1978 and my copy is an 1996 edition. I had read this some years ago but had not written a review. Since I am in a current …
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