Temptation
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Jesus’s rebuke of Peter comes after perhaps his greatest moment—a turn around that reminds us that we’re leading with love, not shoring up power.
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We have a tortured view of discipline in the United States. One that is shamefully unChristian. But, like us, it can be changed.
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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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The return of temptation is a reminder of what our resistance to temptation is really about. Keeping faith in a life full of hope.
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Stories of Jesus’s temptation are great opportunities for us to examine what tempts us. It goes much deeper than we usually think.
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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.