Caravaggo - The Calling of Saint Matthew Pain is our body’s way signaling injury or damage. Treatment of a severe injury calls for the attention of a good physician. Prudence pauses at the unpleasant sensation of pain to consider the problem. Imprudence ignores the symptom altogether. Luke tells of penitent tax collectors coming to grips … Continue reading The Call of Levi: Why Did Jesus Eat with Sinners and Tax Collectors?
If God exists, why Doesn’t He Show Himself?
“If God was one of us” from the old tune “One of Us” ponders nothing about religion per se, but of experiences that rattle one’s worldview. Happenings that alter our basic perception of ultimate reality. But what if God stood next to you, would you notice? Would you care? Would you be pleased or appalled? … Continue reading If God exists, why Doesn’t He Show Himself?
The Son of God battles Satan in the Desert: Jesus Victorious
Christ in the Wilderness - Ivan Kramskoy, 1872 Deserts are places of solitude. Very few people traverse these arid, rocky, and barren places. But the desert wilderness of the lower Jordan valley is where the Son of God faces off against Satan. Jesus being “full of the Holy Spirit” was “led by the Spirit in … Continue reading The Son of God battles Satan in the Desert: Jesus Victorious
The Son of God battles Satan in the Desert: Jesus’ Temptation
Temptation of Christ-Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld, 1860 Luke tells us that “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil” (Lk. 4:1-2).[1] The very idea of Jesus experiencing temptation invokes the question: Did Jesus Christ really experience … Continue reading The Son of God battles Satan in the Desert: Jesus’ Temptation
What is the Baptism with the Holy Spirit and Fire?
St. John the Baptist Preaching by Mattia Preti - 1665 John the Baptist preached a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. He also taught of the greater one to come who would baptize with Holy Spirit and fire. What was this baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins and the baptism of … Continue reading What is the Baptism with the Holy Spirit and Fire?
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