As a publishing person, I read books for a living. Great books. Last Thursday I carried a stack of them into a meeting and revealed that each one was an author’s “life message.” The fruit of careful study and decades of experience. Masterpieces and treasures. Not everything I read was written for me. Often I read […]
Author: Paul Santhouse
I am a follower of Jesus Christ. I’m also a husband, father, and grandpa. And I’m part of the Moody Publishers* team. Since I've worked with books for nearly four decades, and I believe the local church is where we become the kind of people Jesus would be in our shoes, that's mostly what this blog is about.
Thanks for visiting.
Paul
*As this is my personal blog, the views and opinions expressed herein are my own, not those of my employer.
Following Jesus • 33 / The right question and the astonishing answer
Read This: John 1:19-28 While Jesus was being tempted by the Devil, John the Baptist faced challenges of his own. The religious leaders showed up to confront him on his activities. Anyone drawing crowds (“all the country” and “all the people of Jerusalem”) was sure to attract the attention of the Romans. Plus, John was baptizing […]
Following Jesus • 32 / Dealing with temptation
Since I’m learning to follow Jesus, I’m interested in learning from His experience with temptation. Here are a few things I noticed: 1.) The word temptation in these passages means to try, examine, or assay. It’s testing to see what’s inside. Picture holding a magnet over metal filings. They jump to the magnet. Testing is like holding […]
Following Jesus • 31 / Facing temptation
Read This: Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13 Today’s passage begins like a horror movie. A man, alone in a desolate place, encounters the most evil creature who ever lived. Satan. Yet, it wasn’t anything like that. The man in the story is the Creator of the universe. He even created this creature, and has complete […]
Following Jesus • 30 / Where the Spirit leads
Read This: Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 3:23a; Luke 4:1-13 Jesus is thirty years old. He’s just been baptized by John and anointed by God as priest and king. This event linked Jesus to another Old Testament prophecy and equipped Him for ministry. Being anointed with the Holy Spirit is not a symbolic metaphor. It’s not […]
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