The Devil Made Me Do It!

"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." —Matthew 6:13 (NIV)

I know I'm "too young" to remember The Flip Wilson Show, which ran from 1970 to 1974. However, I do remember hearing the phrase "the devil made me do it" several times, which was made popular by a character named Geraldine Jones, played by Flip himself. Though the phrase was intended to incite laughter in the audiences it played to, I’d have to say that…