Preached by Rev. Erik Kindem.
Scripture: Genesis 2:15-3:7; Matthew 4:1-11
Summary
A conversation about carnivorous plants provides a new slant on the story of Eve, Adam, and the forbidden fruit, and on the temptation story of Jesus in the wilderness.
As Barbara Brown Taylor says, we are kin both to our first parents and to Jesus; we have both sets of genes in us. And in this story Jesus teaches us how to be human.