Modesty for Thee But Not For Me

For those of us who have dealt with compulsive behavior or addiction in our families or our own lives, there are clues -- perhaps too seemingly unrelated for some to notice -- that tip us off that someone might be engaged in an internal battle. Everyone remembers the Jimmy Swaggart saga. Once the world became aware that he was visiting prostitutes, psychologists noticed that the timing of his acting-out behavior coincided with some particularly fiery sermons warning against a wide variety of activities that might lead to sexual temptation, even going into graphic detail about which sexual activities were appropriate within marriage. Recently, a controversial pastor decided to publish a tweet that broke through mere "Christian Twitter" and ended up trending nationwide.