This week we’re reading Matthew 4:1-17, the story of the devil tempting Jesus in the wilderness. We wrestle with the very concept of the devil, which often strikes modern people as an antiquated idea. But once we recognize the ways that the ways that Jesus is tempted, we begin to recognize the work of the devil all around us—in the economic, political, and prestige systems that that tempt us to turn our own lives away from the kingdom of heaven and toward the ways of the Empire. Jesus is first tempted by his own physical need for bread and water, then by his need to demonstrate to others that he is worthy of love, and finally by the possibility of conforming the whole world to his will—temptations that, in one way or another, come to us all. The devil may tempt you to skip this podcast—but don’t do it! This is urgent stuff!
Episode 552 FORGOTTEN BOOKS The Joy of Sex (Song of Songs 1:1-12-2:6 and 7:1-13) REPLAY
Episode 551 FORGOTTEN BOOKS Trauma Has Many Voices (Lamentations 3 and 5) REPLAY
Episode 550 FORGOTTEN BOOKS Trauma and Protests (Lamentations 1:8-22 and 2:10-22) REPLAY
Episode 549 FORGOTTEN BOOKS For Everything There Is a Time (Ecclesiastes 1:4-11 and 3:1-11) REPLAY
Episode 548 FORGOTTEN BOOKS Everything is Mere Breath (Ecclesiastes 1:1-3 and 8:16-9:10) REPLAY
Episode 547 CREATION CARE Re-Creating the World (Ezekiel 47:1-12)
Episode 546 CREATION CARE Covenant and Creation (Leviticus 26:3-32, 34-35, 40-45)
Episode 545 CREATION CARE Bless the Lord, O My Soul (Psalm 104)
Episode 544 CREATION CARE God's Stream Full of Water (Psalm 65)
Episode 543 CREATION CARE From the Whirlwind (Job 38:1-38)
Episode 542 CREATION CARE In the Beginning (Genesis 1:1-2:4a)
Episode 541 The Gifts of the Spirit (Acts 2:1-4 & 1 Corinthians 12:1-13)
Episode 540 The Resurrection of the Body (1 Corinthians 15:1-26 & 41-47)
Episode 539 The Greatest of These Is Love (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
Episode 538 Unity in the Cross (Acts 18:1-14 & 1 Corinthians 1:10-18)
Episode 537 The Church in Thessalonica (Acts 17:1-9 and 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10)
Episode 536 The Disciples' First Miracle (Acts 3:1-10)
Episode 535 Waiting for the Spirit (Acts 1:1-14)
Episode 534 Easter without Jesus (Mark 16:1-8)
Episode 533 SPECIAL EPISODE Good Friday (Mark 15:16-41) REPLAY
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