Reading Challenge: Tempted and Tried
I originally was going to do a section on each chapter from Russell Moore’s book, Tempted and Tried , that deals with the temptations of Jesus, but this would be a long post if I went into all that and what I learned from them, so here are a couple thoughts and takeaways from the first temptation (Chapter 3, “Starving to Death”) and also a powerful section I want to quote from Chapter 4, “Free Falling”. With that said, commence post: Reading Challenge: Tempted and Tried: Temptation and the Triumph of Christ by Russell Moore Temptation is scary. When temptation comes, it’s so hard to look the other way and reject the promise of immediate satisfaction. Not one of us has lived very long in this life without being tempted by some kind of lust, desire, or craving. Our temptations are powerful. Not a single one of us has ever overcome the power of temptation completely, except One. Russell Moore’s book, Tempted and Tried , focuses on the temptation of Christ in the desert....