temptation in the wilderness
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Mark doesn’t tell us what is tempting Jesus in the wilderness. But we know what it is about. Because we know what tempts us.
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This week’s gospel is a whirlwind of action. But it also reveals a pattern of discipleship—a pattern set up by Jesus’s own discipleship.
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There’s an important gap in our lectionary this week that we’ll get to in Lent. But it is a valuable piece of the story in its context.