The Long Spoon by Jack Wyman
Guest Post The Long Spoon It was the most epic confrontation in history. Dramatic in its setting; cosmic in its dimensions. The powerful and subtle foe had already triumphed over the human race once. In a beautiful garden of perfection, his wiles had worked wonders. Man, in doubt and disobedience, had fallen. This was different. The Son of Man, weakened by 40 days without food, had been led by the Holy Spirit, not into a lush and idyllic garden, but into a barren and rugged wilderness. In Jesus’ physical weakness, the evil one would strike. When Al Pacino masterfully portrayed the devil in The Devil’s Advocate , he sneeringly smiles in the closing line of the film, “Vanity, definitely my favorite sin.” And so it is that art so often imitates spiritual life. Satan used his fondest and mo...