Emphasis Preaching Journal
One way to understand Jesus...
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One way to understand Jesus` temptation, and our own, is to say that the Evil One wants to change something (and someone) which God has already made to be superior through baptism.
The great basketball player Hank Luisetti began shooting one-handed baskets, with deadeye accuracy, during his high school career. Hardly any other player had the nerve to try it. Inclined to require all his players to use both hands so as not to waste shots, his high school coach decided to make an exception in this case "because the shots seemed to work.
The great basketball player Hank Luisetti began shooting one-handed baskets, with deadeye accuracy, during his high school career. Hardly any other player had the nerve to try it. Inclined to require all his players to use both hands so as not to waste shots, his high school coach decided to make an exception in this case "because the shots seemed to work.
