Matthew 4:1-11: The Beasts Within

Lent calls us to face our unrevealed and underlying selves, to stare at the creatures we dread lurking inside us. The shadows of the season cloak us again in their solemn embrace. In our Lenten pilgrimage, we seek to expose our souls, perceiving the wild places within, sometimes unveiled only in those junctures when we […]

Satan, Demons, and Christ’s Descent into Hell

The Creation of the Angels In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1).  The angels were part of this creation from the beginning. In Job’s suffering, God told him about the creation of the world.  “Who laid [the world’s] cornerstone while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted […]

Walking the Way of Faith: 1 Peter 5:6-11

We have an expression: “If you are going to talk the talk, you better walk the walk!”  It means that you better be real.  It means that your words and actions should match–or people will sniff you out as a phony! And that’s what our Epistle reading is talking about this morning.  The Apostle Peter […]