When Jesus rejects Satan's offer of a kingdom in exchange for worship, he's rejecting both Satan's kingdom and its self-elevating vision of coercive power. Jesus instead demonstrates that God's reign comes through self-emptying power. Christians face the same choice: we can use Satan's tools of power--even in pursuit of an agenda we presume to be…

In our media-crazed age, we often focus on ensuring more people hear about Jesus. But we don't think it's as important that when the world sees Jesus' people, those people are faithfully following Jesus' commands. From the church, Jesus needs Faithfulness over Exposure. When Satan attempts to tempt Jesus to throw himself off the temple…

After Jesus has fasted for 40 days in the wilderness, Satan tempts him to turn stones into bread. Why would it be wrong for Jesus to indulge? First, Jesus would be acting as though physical needs were the only needs that we have that are important. Second, by taking matters into his own hands, Jesus…