Never too old, never too wise

After Luke 4:1-13 

It’s lurking, always lurking,

rearing its head when

least expected to even

most expected. It is

direct, or it is disguised.

It comes looking for the point

most vulnerable, often

the point most guarded

and defended. It comes

quietly, or with loud

fanfare. It is clever,

often striking at where

we think it will never

happen, will never strike.

It comes disguised as

beauty or pain, humility

or pride, where we are 

most guarded or where

we are lax; it doesn’t

discriminate. We’re never

too old, never too wise,

for temptation.

 

Painting: The Temptation of Christ, oil on canvas (1854) by Ary Scheffer (1795-1858).

Some Sunday Readings

 

How Does God View Deconversion? – Justin Dillehay at Desiring God.

 

God Is More Happy Than Harsh – Benjamin Vrbicek at Gospel-Centered Discipleship.

 

Christianity Today and the Need for Institutions – O. Alan Noble.

 

When journalism crosses a moral line – Denny Burk at World Magazine.