by admin | Dec 17, 2013 | Temptation
Scripture reading: Matthew 4:1-11 The key to this temptation of Christ is illusion. I had the occasion to take a man to the hospital who said he was dying of cancer but was in reality a drifter addicted to cocaine. After he was settled in a room, I went back to visit...
by admin | Dec 17, 2013 | Temptation
Scripture reading: Matthew 4:1-11 There is no doubt in my mind that angels are present among us. On my family’s move from Maryland to Florida in the late 1980s, we knew from the very beginning that something was wrong with the moving truck we rented. From time to time...
by admin | Dec 17, 2013 | Temptation
Scripture reading: Matthew 4:1-11 It seems rather strange that waiting would be connected to temptation or food. On closer examination, however, waiting on God to provide food is not new. God provided manna and quail to the people of Israel en route from their...