Lent Series: Temptations in the Wilderness

Let’s talk about the Temptations.

The Temptations 1964 publicity photo by Kriegsmann

No, not these guys. Well, maybe another time. I mean the temptations Jesus experienced just before beginning his ministry. He has just been baptized by John, and he went off “into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” It says he fasted forty days and forty nights (Matthew 4:1–2).