This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. After Jesus was baptized, Matthew tells us that he was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

I am not sure that I am ready to declare that temptation to evil is good, but it is certainly clear that it is often used by God for good. Immediately following the baptism of Jesus, the Holy Spirit ...

Considering how much of the moral life involves overcoming temptation, it’s surprising how little attention the subject receives. (Let’s be honest: when was the last time you found yourself in a ...

If you’ve ever stopped by the store to pick up milk and walked out with a week’s worth of snacks to go with it, you know something about the power of temptation. Experts say the typical adult is ...

Oscar Wilde was speaking for all of us when he said: “I can resist everything except temptation.” In one experiment, 53 smokers were invited to undergo a battery of diagnostic tests. The first ...