temptations in studies on the temptations of Jesus. I therefore conduct an exegesis of Hebrews, whereby I argue that in the epistle, the purpose of Jesus' temptations is understood as designed to enable fully his priestly role of intercession for those in temptation whom he represents...
Before Jesus begins his three years of ministry in earnest, he spends some time in the wilderness. While there, Satan endeavors to tempt Jesus away from his mission. There are three different temptations described in Matthew, and we will look at each on in turn. But first, we need to ...
On the brown walls of the flattened, overlapping leaves of the sturdy-fibred guano there was a picture in colour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and another of the Virgin of Cobre. These were relics of his wife. Once there had been a tinted photograph of his wife on the wall but he had...
The Temptation of Jesus 4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.2And after fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.3And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, comma...
No one would steal from the old man but it was better to take the sail and the heavy lines home as the dew was bad for them and, though he was quite sure no local people would steal from him, the old man thought that a gaff and a harpoon were needless temptations to leave in a...
It was Friday once again and Father Ignatius was at school with the youngsters at Catechism class. They had just read the passage in the Bible about Jesus in the desert and the temptations of Satan. “Very strange story this …” said a young boy, “why didn’t Jesus just punch the de...
Bad choices seem to just surround us in life and giving in to the temptations and making bad choices is just an inevitable part of being human. But, these bad choices don’t define us… There are so many situations where people think they simply made a choice they can’t come back from...
is tossed back and forwards between the two according to whether it resists or gives way to the temptations of the flesh. The spirit makes us gods; the body makes us beasts; the soul makes us men. — Erasmus[259] According to theologian George van Kooten, Erasmus was the first ...
Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed:"A totalitarian regime crushes all...
as Jesus taught in the Bible and asking the elders to conduct a Matt 18 with this heretic. He is still a member there, I am shunned…again. Have you ever been threatened with trespass and arrest while standing in front of a local church you’ve been a part of for an extended season...