Temptation is common to everyone. It can be as benign as thinking about having “seconds” on dessert. Or, it can be extremely serious – with damaging consequences such as a destroyed a marriage, a ...

When facing a temptation, invoke the name of Jesus, the Holy Father advised on Jan. 28: ‘Jesus has the power to cast out the devil. Jesus frees us from the power of evil.’ Pope Francis delivers the ...

"Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil." Now that's a mind-blowing sentence! Was Jesus really tempted? Doesn't temptation imply a confusion or indecisiveness that ...

"The Temptation of Christ by the Devil," (possibly 1129–34). (The Met) The account of Jesus’ temptation appears with slight variations in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. These accounts expand upon Mk ...

The Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent is always the Temptations of Christ in the desert, taken consecutively each year during the three year cycle of readings (Lectionary) from each of the three ...

One reason Jesus Christ was able to resist Satan’s temptations was by relying on the Holy Spirit. This is easy to overlook when considering Jesus’ temptation because of a belief that Jesus’ deity gave ...

We are now in the liturgical season of Lent, the 40-day period for us to explore and strengthen our faith and prepare to celebrate Jesus’ death and resurrection. As we embark on our Lenten journey, ...

Jesus was really tempted? If you think it's a widely accepted idea, Google reactions to The Last Temptation of Christ. When Nikos Kazantzakis' book came out in 1955, the Catholic Church added it to ...

Christians must deny the urge to posture, which comes from a place of insecurity. This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. For a long time, I have feared that my fellow ...