Dear Working Preacher
Tending Lent
Two homiletical traps (pun intended) lie in wait when it comes to the story of Jesus’ temptation. [...]
temptation
Dear Working Preacher
Identity Test
The problem with Jesus’ testing in Matthew, Mark, and Luke is how quickly we switch the focus [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Tempting Silence
The temptation of Jesus in the wilderness, always the first Sunday of Lent, is an unnervingly muted [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Choice Temptations
It is tempting to make Jesus’ temptation something that it is not. And, it is tempting to [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Greatest Temptation
The first Sunday in Lent is always Jesus’ temptation. Always. But when was the last time you [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Identity Theft
Dear Working Preacher, When my kids were fairly young, they’d almost always figure out who the people [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Trust and Temptation
Dear Working Preacher, I sometimes wonder if temptation is one of those things we have a hard [...]
Dear Working Preacher
Into Temptation
Dear Working Preacher, In recent weeks we’ve been working together on helping our people take the biblical [...]