Willem Dafoe is reflecting on his controversial performance as Jesus in 1988's The Last Temptation of Christ. The 70-year-old actor recalled starring in the Martin Scorsese epic during a master class ...
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 ...
This required Jesus understanding the nature of each temptation and it required Jesus knowing the right passage to use in response. We know this proved to be an effective strategy because the end of ...
In 2014, I stood on a mountain peak in the Alps, an area referred to as Obersalzberg. In the valley below was the historic city of Salzburg. Nearby, nestled in another valley, lay Berchtesgaden and ...
"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 ...
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 ...
Pope Francis on Sunday said defeats are not definitive for those who believe in Jesus Christ and trust in God’s love and forgiveness. In his prepared March 9 homily for the First Sunday of Lent, the ...
ALONG WITH DEATH and taxes, there are a few other familiar certainties in life including Murphy’s Law that any bad thing that can happen will happen, the fact that you will always pick the longest ...
BECAUSE I COME from a family with a history of drinking problems, I’ve always considered myself lucky that I have little taste for alcohol. My father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all were ...
The devil, who lies and sows divisions, tests everyone, even Jesus, Pope Francis said in a written homily. Satan tries to convince people that the hungry cannot be fed, that "angels will not come to ...
Willem Dafoe reflected on his controversial portrayal of Jesus in 1988's The Last Temptation of Christ during the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival "Even without seeing the movie, there were huge protests ...