1. Critical Review - The Jesus I Never Knew
Yancey sees in the temptations the human desire that God perform miracles to bring prosperity and peace to individuals and to the world. The temptations demonstrated that God would not coerce obedience through divine power or bargain for the human love and respect that would bring order to the world.Crowds of people wanted to follow and listen to him. ... His standards seem impossible for humans to uphold: An angry thought is as sinful as murder, and a lustful look the same as an adulterous act. Yancey briefly surveys how theologians over the centuries have interpreted the sermon in ways that ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate