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 132 Mark 13:1-37 The End of the World as We Know It
Episode 131 Mark 12:28-44 The Greatest Commandment and the Widow's Offering
Episode 130 Mark 12:1-17 The Parable of the Tenants and the Question of Taxes
Episode 129: Mark 10:32-52 Blind Bartimaeus
Episode 128 Mark 10:17-31 The Eye of the Needle
Episode 127: Mark 9:30-37 Who is the Greatest?
Episode 126: Mark 8:22-9:8 The Mount of Transfiguration
Episode 125 Mark 7:1-23 Controversy over Handwashing
Episode 124 Mark 6:1-29 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
Episode 123 Mark 5:21-43 Jesus Heals Two Women
Episode 122 Mark 5:1-20 Jesus Heals a Man Possessed by Unclean Spirits
Episode 121 Mark 4:1-34 Parables of the Kingdom
Episode 120 Mark 2:1-22 Community and Conflict
Episode 119 Mark 1:21-45 The Beginning of Jesus's Ministry
Episode 118 Mark 1:1-20 Baptism and Call
Episode 117 Luke 2 Christmas Eve SPECIAL EPISODE
Episode 116 Luke 1 The Birth of John the Baptist
Episode 115 Ezra 1 and 3 Rebuilding the Temple
Episode 114 Isaiah 40 Comfort My People
Episode 113 Jeremiah 33 Hope in a Time of Despair
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