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The Temptations of Jesus: Pride

...lves ever humble, imitating our Lord Jesus Christ, so that we may push back against the attacks of the enemy and “work out our salvation in fear and trembling” (Philippians 2:12)!...

Jesus, Mithras and Ancient Roman Cults: Separating Fact from Fiction

...him in a humble stable in Bethlehem after being overshadowed by the Spirit of God (Luke 1:34-35), but still being born in the flesh like everyone else from a woman. Nothing like how Mithras supposedly came about. Central Acts and Teachings Mithras is best known for the tauroctony, where he slays a bull to release life-giving forces that ensure the Earth’s fertility. The name comes from the Greek word tauroktonos (ταυροκτόνος) meaning “bull killing”. This act represents Mithras’ divine intervention in the natural world as the blood from the bull was believed to release life-giving forces, ensuring the Earth’s fertility and the continuation...

Great Lent: The Season of Fasting

...-6, as we humble ourselves and learn humility and self-control through physical fasting; putting to death the flesh so that we may be made alive in the Spirit! Amen. Further Reading: Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Ash Wednesday and Lent History of Lent — Catholic Education Resource Center Creedal Christians: The Nicene Creed Philip Schaff: NPNF2–04. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters February 2023 — Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America A Tale of Two Easters ~The Didache~ CHURCH FATHERS: Apostolic Constitutions, Book VII https://www.buzzsprout.com/3196/52849-fasting-for-divine-intervention-fasting-edition-45 Nicene an...