Author name: office

When it comes to Jesus being tested in the wilderness, I always think of the part in the movie, the Cotton Patch Gospel when the actor portrays both Satan and […]

“Then the Spirit led Jesus up into the wilderness so that the devil might tempt him.” Matthew 4. 1 ceb You know, as we all have learned, that you really

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. For forty days and nights he fasted and became very hungry. During that

“Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. Matthew 3.15b Though the baptism of Jesus is told

Wow! I cannot even begin to imagine how John felt when he realized he was going to be the one to baptize Jesus. John knew automatically that he was not

“And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.’” Matthew 3:17 (NRSV) According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English

Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John. But John tried to talk him out of it. “I am the one who needs to

Today is my first day back at work from being on maternity leave. No matter how much preparation Joe and I did before Baby Jonathan’s arrival, nothing could actually prepare

“Now John wore clothing of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then the people of Jerusalem and all Judea

John’s clothes were woven from coarse camel hair and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey. People from Jerusalem and from