“[Jesus said], ‘When I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.’” (John 12:32, NRSVue) We’re halfway through the...

“[Jesus] called the crowd with his disciples and said to them, ‘If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their...

“And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the...