The Gospel says Jesus Christ was tempted thrice by Satan, and thrice he refused. The temptations in the gospel are, in effect, pride, greed and populism. One would assume a great man like Jesus was beyond the first two at least, though the third is perhaps subtler.
Here's a variation on that theme. It is long even by the standards of this blog. People who would rather not waste time on amateur literature are encouraged to read instead The Grand Inquisitor, from which the idea was ripped; or The Prophet, whose majestic cadences I've tried, but failed, to imitate. Such people might also want to try The Sermon on the Mount, which is not at all a bad thing to read, in a week of Lebanon, Palestine, Baghdad and Mumbai.
Here's a variation on that theme. It is long even by the standards of this blog. People who would rather not waste time on amateur literature are encouraged to read instead The Grand Inquisitor, from which the idea was ripped; or The Prophet, whose majestic cadences I've tried, but failed, to imitate. Such people might also want to try The Sermon on the Mount, which is not at all a bad thing to read, in a week of Lebanon, Palestine, Baghdad and Mumbai.