Discover the surprising and profound implications of Jesus’s time in the desert, in the new book, Jesus in the Wild.
What is the meaning stirring within the remarkable scene in Luke 4:1-14 of Jesus being challenged by the devil in the “wild”—the untamed and unruly wilderness? And what are the surprising implications of this event for we who are followers of Jesus today?
In Jesus in the Wild you’ll take a 40-day journey into the heart of one of the most unusual, and often most misunderstood, stories in the Gospel accounts. In this encounter, following his baptism in the Jordan, and before his Isaiah 61 declaration of the saving ministry he had come to fulfill, Jesus is alone with the adversary—the one whose works he had come to destroy (1 John 3:8). He faces three tests or “temptations”—all aimed at unseating him from his identity, his belovedness, and his purpose as the Son of God.
Understanding how Jesus faced down the accuser in the wild, you and I will be more fully equipped to address every demonic challenge that comes our way in the wild places in our own lives.
Jesus in the Wild is a perfect personal study and daily reader for individuals who want to gain a deeper sense of their vocation and calling in Christ, and for groups or congregations wanting a study on this well-known and moving passage.
