I had the chance to offer the sermon this past week at my church. We started a new sermon series called “Bible Mixtape, Volume 2”, where we take otherwise familiar Bible stories and revisit them by putting them in their original culture and context. I kicked us off with Genesis 3, The Garden Temptation, and coupled that with Matthew 4:1-11, Jesus’ Wilderness Temptation. Below you’ll find the video as well as the manuscript. I hope it blesses you. Click here for the podcast audio.

(Click to here to watch the Scripture reading portion.)

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