Satan succeeded with Eve. However, he failed with Jesus. Can you just hear Jesus saying, “You do realize, Satan, that My Father and I own the entire universe and you are trying to tempt Me to worship you for the little kingdom you have permission to call yours?” Actually, Jesus used a much more effective rebuttal – He quoted Scripture!
Tag: temptation
A Whisper of Deception
The house seemed to hide appropriately behind several trees. The old tire swing that dangled from a fraying rope was, like childhood innocence, long ago abandoned.
Everyone Else is Doing it!
The other day, I was traveling north on I-35E at 4:00pm after visiting a friend at a downtown St. Paul hospital. Several times while en-route, all lanes of traffic came to a standstill. However, I watched multiple cars driving the speed limit in the express lane. Two solid white lines separated the annoyed drivers from the oblivious ones. The express lane, overhead sign said vehicles in the the express lane had to have 2 or more persons in the vehicle between the hours of 3:00 and 7:00pm. I noticed several random cars with only one occupant, unless the other person Read More