It wasn’t that long ago that I read the encounter between Jesus and Satan in Luke 4:9-12, when he is being tempted to prove his divinity. Jesus replies to Satan, “It has been stated: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” However, recently I may have done exactly this. I had become […]
Before we dive into the story, I should set the stage first. I went to the Marine Corps from the modest origins of most enlisted: the muddy, grassy patch that holds up the socio-economic ladder. It was 2002, right after the war had begun, and the Hollywood horror film was in progress. Imagine this: a […]
A professor once said something that lingered in my mind: if you want to know the kind of person you are, simply decide you are going to jump off a cliff. How are you going to do it? There are some that will stand at the edge with knees buckling and panic, and never jump. […]