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To the glory of God
Exploring the temptation of power and the desire for control, we can see the ways we break community and our common purpose.
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We need to wrestle with the desire to control
In dealing with temptations of power, we are prone to understate what part control has in our lives, the desire to do what we want.
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The Means Are the Ends—for Lent 1C
In the temptation in the wilderness, we get to see the challenge of power — not for Jesus exactly, but for every one of us instead.
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Our Temptation
The devil tempts Jesus in the wilderness with power. The question is what power are we tempted to claim for ourselves?
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Not Tempted
We read something into the Temptation in the Desert. That Jesus is being tempted by the devil. I don’t think it fits.
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Hunger
In Jesus’s temptation in the wilderness, we get a picture of resistance bigger than willpower and faith. A resistance to becoming powerful at all. Resisting temptation and power with JesusLent 1C | Luke 4:1-13 He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. It was a traditional practice…
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A Righteous Mercy
We are continuously tempted to betray Jesus’s vision of GOD for the devil’s. The Temptation’s distorted view of GOD Lent 1C | Luke 4:1-13 Son of GOD This story which we call The Temptation is one of the most important stories in the gospel of Luke. It reveals the character and recurring themes of the…
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Our Quarantine
a Sermon for Lent 1C Text: Luke 4:1-13 Quarantine In the ancient Middle East, there was a traditional custom of a Sabbath Quarantine. One would go out into the desert for an extended time. Imagine. The sand swirling about you, sneaks into your clothes, your hair, your teeth. You would soon feel dirty and uncomfortable.…