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Exclusive: A Frank chat with EA's Gibeau
15th Jun 2012 | 08:58
Electronic Arts Labels boss Frank Gibeau has command over some of the most lucrative and popular games franchises in the world.
But as he explained in our extensive E3 2012 interview, he has to be selective about which ones he chooses to revive and which classics need to stay in the vault for a bit longer.
EA's showcase at E3 was short on big surprises, with the publisher instead highlighting its roster of trusted franchises - and the likes of
Gibeau met with CVG to explain further the publisher's wider platform and software strategies. Part one of our interview is found below, with the second half arriving in the coming days.
How would you best describe EA's 2012 line-up?
Our line-up this fall is built around some big blockbusters. The first one I'd like to talk about is
So we're very excited with FIFA and Madden Football for the American market is getting a total makeover in terms of its physics. We're taking a lot of learning from FIFA actually and applying it to Madden. In Sports we also announced the licensing with the UFC. There's no product for this fall but we're very excited - that's big news for us. Obviously hockey and other sports are also going to be very good this year.
On the Games side we're very excited about Criterion's take on
It's a robust line-up and in our opinion reflective of the prominence of third-party games this year over platform holder exclusives. Do you think it's fair to say the spotlight's moved in 2012 to highlight publishers such as yourselves?
I think there's a lot of diversity coming from third-parties right now. When you get this far into a cycle - and we're in our sixth year - there's a lot of innovation that's happening within franchises. There aren't as many new IP releases just because of the nature of the market right now - it's much more about the big brands.
But in general I think Ubisoft's had a good E3 - they're showing some interesting and really innovative stuff and I think we've had a good show too. First-party is focussed on some hardware stuff that's going on right now like the Wii U, plus some other stuff that isn't being talked about at the show coming from the other guys.
But in general
Has this been an E3 very much representative of a console cycle coming to an end?
It's fairly natural, like with the PS2 to PS3 transition, and PSOne to PS2, that year before the big change. And the Wii U is really just the first opening act of the next-gen cycle shift. It doesn't mean the PS3 or 360 are going away; they're going to do really nice business because there's tens of millions of customers playing these things.
You're only really getting half a show this year. You're getting Wii U but you're not getting the other half of the story so it's a bit awkward. Within that context I think a lot of the third-parties definitely stand out and command more of the spotlight because it's a clear and more broad-based message.
EA has a lot of sequels planned for this year. Is it deemed too risky to put out a new IP at this stage of the console cycle?
One of the things I hear a lot about from the boards is 'there's not enough new IP coming' etc. If you're running a studio organization, the moment you stop creating new IP, your creative organization dies. Because you have to constantly innovate and try new ideas and people inside the organization want to do new things.
At the same time you do have a lot of brands with big hits that you can innovate within that can be very cool and very different in a year over year basis. So it's really about getting the right blend and getting the timing right for when you launch new IPs.
Back a few years ago when we were putting together the new EA Games label and EA was trying to reset a lot of its products, we tried a lot of new IPs;
The introduction of new hardware from the big three is going to allow us to reembark on a bunch of new IPs, because it's the better time to do it, because you can really explore new ideas and do different things.
In a market this massive, launching new IPs is very risky and it's a big investment to make these games. So it's a natural thing to see in this point in the cycle a little bit more emphasis on the knowns - the big properties and franchises - but in the new cycle you're going to see a lot of new IP from Electronic Arts.
You still seem to enjoy testing a risk every now and then with titles like SSX and Syndicate...
We tried a few of those this year and some of them were very successful. The other place that we try a lot of new IP introduction is in our social and free to play businesses. We'll experiment a fair bit with new IPs there, see if they take hold, learn and prototype things that can maybe make the leap to consoles.
Consoles is just one part of our total portfolio. We have a lot of businesses on social, mobile and desktop free to play like Battlefield Heroes and Need for Speed World. So we try and look at all the platforms and time that IP introduction.
Does the unusually long length of this console cycle make your job easier or harder?
It's an entertainment business. You have to surprise people and you have to take risks. If you don't, you die. So constantly trying to stay fresh from an entertainment standpoint is a difficult challenge. But it's something we try to do at EA and I think we have a better track record than most in being able to innovate and build franchises over time and introduce new ideas.
Like I said before, I'm a big believer in new IPs - it's the lifeblood of what we do. It's just a matter of being able to pick the right time and spot to bring them in and to make sure that when they do come in they're extremely high quality so they can really reach the widest possible audience.
EA's current hierarchy isn't afraid to point out how the company's changed since the old days of being branded 'evil EA' by some consumers. Those fears seem to have resurfaced following your move to focus on sequels this year. Can you reassure fans you're not returning to old ways?
It's certainly not at all how I'm approaching the job. I can tell you right now there's between three and five new IPs that we're working on that we're thinking about for the next-gen. Some of them might come to market, some of them might not.
It's really one of those things where I'm consciously looking at introducing new IPs into the portfolio over the next several years as the new hardware comes into the marketplace that we can refresh.
Right now if I was coming out with a brand new IP that nobody had ever heard of, it would be very difficult to get the mindshare of gamers. You might get really good press for introducing a new IP, but to sell a couple of million units to break even on it at this point in the cycle... discretion's the better part of valour, to hold it a little bit so you get a whole new market refresh and reset.
I care deeply about making sure that the games that we make are very high quality and yeah, it is a bit awkward sometimes when you say, 'I've got a bunch of sequels this year'. We do, but there's a lot of innovation inside of them. The way that you're playing Need for Speed this year has never been done before; that open world, fully connected, drop in, drop out gameplay has never been seen in a racing game before.
Medal of Honor is taking the Frostbite 2 tech a doing some really innovative things with gameplay like destruction and how you break through doors... that's all new. FIFA would drop away and die and PES would come back if we didn't innovate and change things.
The care might look the same but it drives differently and it's faster. That's what's the hardest part of the business sometimes; keeping the most dedicated customers out there that want you to constantly do new stuff in existing worlds, and at the same time introducing new worlds like we did a few years ago with Dead Space and Mirror's Edge.
From past chats it's clear you're very aware of EA's army of classic game franchises. The most recent reboots were SSX and Syndicate earlier this year. How have those games, if at all, changed your thoughts on how you should approach resurrecting IP?
I think there are a couple of things there. I think SSX was a very successful launch for us and there was some online innovation there that really showed why it made sense to bring that back. It's done well and you'll probably see more in the future. There are tonnes of IPs that I think about all the time like Command & Conquer and Sim City - which is a brand we've brought back after seven years.
Syndicate was something that we took a risk on. It didn't pay off - it didn't work, but in general it doesn't change my appetite for wanting to go look in the library and see what we have and maybe bring back some IPs for the next-generation. That's the nature of the business; some stuff works, some stuff doesn't.
Another theme at E3 was cross-screen gaming like Microsoft's Smart Glass, which you demoed with a Madden concept. Is that sort of idea something you're passionate about?
Absolutely. I think fundamentally what we used to do is put a single-player game on a disc and then send it to retail. Now we've transformed our company to think of games as services where you might be connecting with the experience but it's going to change and evolve over time. You can decide to be in that growth, or not, but you'll get a great experience with Mass Effect and then get all the online stuff you can do like FIFA Ultimate Team.
The next step in that evolution is to get it to you across multiple screens. Now in FIFA you'll build your rank in FIFA 12, bring it over to FIFA 13 without having to start over, and be able to play some components on your smart phone where you can check your Ultimate Team, level up or earn points, and then when you get home at night you can use them all in your game.
Giving you more access points in to FIFA at the times you want it throughout the day is something that customers have told us they really want and gamers are showing us they really like it in terms of their engagements. We put Ultimate Team on the web and on smart phones and we saw the amount of time people were spending on it went right through the roof. So we did a lot of research on it and figured out we could get it even further.
So that's more of what we're trying to do; move from packaged goods to games as services and then move those game services across multiple screens.
Because of EA's history of aggressively supporting hardware launches we've no doubt you've got plenty of Wii U games in the pipeline, but at E3 you only announced Mass Effect 3. Why have you seemingly opted to hold back?
It's a couple of things. We've got a couple of more games in development for Wii U and we'll have a bigger line-up for Wii U than we did on the Wii. It is the first next-generation platform coming out so we're really supporting it.
We're really interested in digital platforms and we're really interested in showing off our games when they're ready to be shown off in a big way. Just looking at E3 and where we're at, we wanted to hold our fire a little bit on a couple of the other games that we're working on. We'll have more announcements this summer on the rest of the Wii U line-up.
John Riccitiello said you're already launching the best game on Wii U in Mass Effect 3...
It got a good cheer at the press conference! I love Mass Effect and it got a great response. We'll do some new, unique things with it on the Wii U controller and the second screen that we're innovating on. You'll hear more later this summer.
You've announced a huge amount of Battlefield 3 DLC and of course the launch of the Premium service...
In FY12 we had a huge success with Battlefield 3. We were really pleased with how the product did and how it was received. If you look at the online statistics, people are as engaged with Battlefield 3 in June as they were back in January - there's a loyal fanbase that loves dropping in.
We launched a subscription service with EA Sports earlier and we learnt a lot from that, and then Call of Duty came out with its Elite service. We looked at what we were doing with Battlelog and the amount of content we were planning and we thought there was a way to package that together that would give our really loyal Battlefield fans great value for money.
They get it all for $50, but if you bought it all individually it's about $80. So we looked at different kinds of weapons and levels and obviously took a risk by announcing so many packs - we've basically announced five expansions. If you buy them, you're in the Battlefield business for a while in terms of keeping your fun going, and we're constantly innovating inside the game, clans and rent a server capabilities.
It's just the nature of games that as you move towards games as a service you tend to hold on to people longer. Certainly it's the case with FIFA, Sims and Battlefield and we're just responding to that and investing more aggressively in the content behind BF3, because we would love for those folks to continue to play that game for as long as possible... as long as they're happy.
Activision launched its subscription service on day one with Modern Warfare 3, where as you've waited until six months after release. Is it fair to say you've been careful to get it right?
To be honest with you, it wasn't ready at launch. We had the Strike at Karkand pack that came out and we used that to drive audience acquisition and gameplay, but we weren't really ready to announce Premium at that point and we wanted to see how the product did. We also added a bunch of stuff using the time that we had in-between.
We wanted to come out with the right thing. We didn't want to feel like we were gouging the customers by slapping a subscription on to something that they would expect anyway. That's why we had to go deeper into building more content than we were originally planning in order to be able to build out this service idea.
Crysis 3 is another big title for you from your partner Crytek. How ambitious is EA's Partners program going forward? A few years ago Partners titles would've been half of your line-up...
It was Rock band. A lot of plastic! (Laughs). We've changed it from being a distribution business for music games to titles that we really get behind, like in this case
Outside of consoles we have a unit called Chillingo, which is basically EA Partners for mobile. They signed Angry Birds years ago and they've got some really killer line-ups coming. So there's a very vibrant partner community out there and we're going to continue to invest in EA Partners.
On the subject of Insomniac, where is Overstrike? It's nowhere to be seen at E3.
We're very excited about Overstrike. It's a new IP and we want to make it the right game, so they're taking some extra time to nail the gameplay and the quality. It felt like we would stand out better later in the summer once we've hit some key milestones and we're able to show off more.
Dead Space has changed a lot since it first debuted. Can you explain the evolution of the series?
Dead Space was a new IP start for us that was very much squarely placed in the survival horror category when we first launched it and it had no online connectivity. But it was a super-high quality, rich experience.
What we've tried to do with each instalment is tell a different story about Isaac but at the same time bring in new features and ways to turn the game into a more connected experience. For example, in the second one we added the deathmatch multiplayer, but we found from fans that they loved the single-player but when they went online they felt it really didn't capture what Dead Space was about. I think it was well executed, but it wasn't a big hit with fans.
When we went into the research, we created a few prototypes around co-op. Because one of the insights that producer Steve Papoutsis had was that when you go to see a horror movie it's always more fun to go with somebody else. It's more fun to be scared together than by yourself. So we embraced that idea and we tried to open up the accessibility of the IP a little bit by adding a little bit more action, but not undermining the horror. We can't not be a horror game because that's what Dead Space is.
So with the addition of co-op and taking it to a planet and mostly away from space... we're pushing it in areas such as environment, co-op and at the same time we definitely do not want to piss off our fans by taking it too far from horror. We're very self aware of that - we listen to the fans and we hear them.
We're going to be releasing more assets over the coming months that show you how deep the horror is. It's definitely not getting away from gore or horror, but at the same time it's opening up to a larger audience by adding some elements. I think the Prometheus film launch is an interesting one because the appeal is much broader than a traditional space horror because of the casting and some of the imagery.
In general we're thinking about how we make this a more broadly appealing franchise, because ultimately you need to get to audience sizes of around five million to really continue to invest in an IP like Dead Space. Anything less than that and it becomes quite difficult financially given how expensive it is to make games and market them. We feel good about that growth but we have to be very paranoid about making sure we don't change the experience so much that we lose the fanbase.
We're guessing you're enthusiastic about reaching those audience goals with
Absolutely. I think it's going to be a great game and our biggest Dead Space.
Criterion has said it wants to get Need for Speed "back on its feet" following The Run. Is that a comment EA backs? Do you consider The Run a critical disappointment?
Absolutely. We're not happy with the reception that we got on Need for Speed: The Run. We tried a lot of new things; we added linear moments and action scenes between levels to try and spice it up... but frankly it just didn't come together to the level of quality that I wanted or that the Need for Speed team wanted. So we're going to try something different and Criterion is going to take a shot at innovating in that category.
I'm proud of The Run - I'm not trying to kick it to the curb. But I looked at it and I was like, 'I don't want a 60, I want an 80+'. That's important to me and you have to take it seriously and do something about it.
The game did well and there's a lot about it that we really liked and were impressed with, but ultimately we want to make 80-90 rated games and it was a bit of a shock to see how poorly received it was with some editorial groups and customers. We don't ignore that feedback, but we don't curl up into a ball and cry either. We try to do something about it. Criterion were always planned to be on this next one. Now it's the time to dial it up and go even bigger.
And does that mean changing the strategies behind the dual-studio setup and Black Box?
We're going to continue to pursue the dual strategy of alternating studios and that will always be the strategy, but we will optimise the business to maximise quality and to maximise what we need to do.
One of the running themes of E3 2012 has been developers jumping the gun a bit and showing off their next-gen technology. Was EA not tempted to showcase its future games and tech?
I didn't think it was the right time when we talked as a team. It's better to show something of substance. Gamers are smart and they'll figure out if what you're showing is a pre-rendered movie, they'll be able to diagnose and pick it apart. That's one of the things we did last year with the Battlefield 3 trailer - we very consciously put out a 14 minute sequence of gameplay because we wanted it to be a real experience that shows you what the game's like on PC.
Given our relationships with the NDAs and what's going on with the other parties, we felt like it wasn't the right time to come out with that stuff. We've already been doing a lot of work on that, but in general we want to keep our powder dry and get to a better place. It's also the reason why we're not necessarily showing off a lot of the Wii U games - because we want to get to a place where we can actually show off something really cool as opposed to doing something fake at a trade show.


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As I continue reading through Waltke's Old Testament Theology I continue to dig up pure gold. Today I'll share yet another example.
In one of the earliest chapters Waltke writes about man's fall into sin and discusses "the shape of temptation." Here he shows how Satan's original act of temptation is an archetype or sorts. All of the temptation that would follow through the long line of human experience would mimic this one. Satan tempted the second human being in the same way he tempts the 20 billionth (or whatever I happen to be). As I read this portion of the book and reflected on it, I could see that this really is the model of temptation. It is not just Satan who works in this way, though, but all human beings. We are prone to following Satan in luring others into sin in the same way.
Here are five steps to leading someone into sin.
Be a theologian. There is little doubt that Satan is a theologian, and a skilled and outspoken one at that. He has had a very long time to study God and, as a leader among angels, once enjoyed free access to Him and close communion with Him. Satan knows God and knows about the character of God. But unlike the theologians we seek to be, Satan is a theologian who despises God with every bit of his being. When he turns to Eve and says, "Did God really say…?" he brings Eve into a dialogue that opens her mind to a new realm of possibility, one she would not have thought of on her own. He knows God well enough to know what God has said and done.
But there is more. Satan is not only a student of God but also of men. From the moment God first spoke of man, Satan must have been watching and observing. Knowing that man was the crown of creation, Satan was surely looking for an opening, a way to destroy this jewel. He became a student of the ways of men. As a theologian, a psychologist and an anthropologist, Satan has unique skill at leading men astray.
Turn commands into questions. Satan takes the command of God and rephrases it as a question. "Did God really say?" What was a clear statement suddenly becomes hazy. Posing as a theologian he asks, "Are you sure about this, or is this only Adam's testimony as to what God said? Are you sure? How do you know? Is this really a command? Can we discuss this a little bit? Is it possible that you misinterpreted what God said? Is it possible that there is some context here we've ignored?" Waltke says, "Within the framework of faith, these questions are proper and necessary, but when they are designed to lead us away from the simplicity of childlike obedience, they are wrong." And so we see Satan raising questions of interpretation and authority necessarily designed to create doubt and confusion and to lead away from the simplicity of a childlike obedience.
Emphasize prohibition over freedom. Satan carefully and deliberately distorts, "You may surely eat of every tree of the garden" into "You shall not eat of any tree in the garden?" He overlooks the great freedom God gave Adam and Eve and instead overstates the one prohibition. He gets Eve to focus on the prohibition rather than the gift and the freedom. Instead of focusing on the Tree of Life, from which she was free to eat, and on the millions of other trees available to her, Satan got her to focus her heart on that one tree from which she was not allowed to eat. And Eve began to focus not on what she had been given, but on what had been forbidden. And suddenly nothing but what was forbidden could satisfy her.
Doubt God's sincerity and motives. Satan casts God's motives as self-regard rather than love. "God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." He convinces Eve that God is limiting her, that He is not giving her the full measure of humanity. He is holding back, reserving for Himself things that she deserves to know and to experience. As Waltke says, we hear this message all around us today. "Be liberated! Be free! Self-actualize! Unleash your inner potential! The Serpent's message even echoes in the church. Instead of sanctification, the church seeks self-improvement. Instead of holiness, the church seeks happiness." When you hear such things, you can rest assured that the Serpent is once again at work seeking to convince you that you need to be something other than what you were created to be.
Deny what God says is true. In the final step, Satan flatly denies what is true. "You will not surely die." The fruit of all of the doubt and the resentment is unbelief. If God's words happen to hinder us from becoming what we want to be or from doing what we want to do, Satan convinces us that we can safely ignore them. In the church today many people de-emphasize sin because it may hinder the quest for self-actualization or it may make people feel guilty or damage their self-esteem. "Sadly many evangelical churches are in the process of buying into a guilt-free, pain-free, judgment-free gospel."
In the face of such temptation, the woman yields to Satan's denials and half-truths. "Having stripped Eve of her spiritual defenses, Satan's work is done." Without God, the decision will be made purely on the basis of pragmatism, of what works best to bring about the desired end, on the basis of aesthetics, of what is beautiful, and on the basis of self-improvement, of what will bring her supposed wisdom. It is only one short step from here to outright disobedience.
And so Satan works through questioning, doubt, focusing on what is forbidden and finally on outright denial of the truth. And Eve is only the first to be drawn in and to succumb to the temptation. Every one of us has fallen for the same old trap. If you think of your own life, I'm sure you will think of examples where this pattern was used against you, perhaps just in your own thoughts or perhaps in a book you have read (and there are many books in the bookstores, both Christian and non- where this same pattern is used). Satan's first tactic worked so well that I don't think he has ever felt it necessary to modify it too much. The shape of temptation has not changed.
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Tim, thank you for sharing these passages with us. I wrote them down in my prayer journal…(I also just bought my copy of Religious Affections!)
This is dead on in regard to the pattern Satan uses to tempt us. It is very beneficial for us to identify this pattern in order that we can recognize when we are being tempted.
And this is to true: "The Serpent's message even echoes in the church. Instead of sanctification, the church seeks self-improvement. Instead of holiness, the church seeks happiness."
Tim - Great post!
Steve - I'm just a humble man with a lot to learn, but here's how I would answer your question.
Each tactic Waltke lists involves God's Word. Therefore, it seems to me that (to use Tim's example in his book) we simply need to know the original so we can identify and combat the counterfeit. We also need to pray.
It sounds rather elementary I'm sure, but I'm a simple guy. I think we should . . .
1) Treasure the word in our heart so that we don't sin (Psalm 119:11).
2) Pray that the Lord would not "lead us into temptation but deliver us from [the evil one] (Matthew 6:13) and that "the eyes of [our] heart[s] may be enlightened, so that [we] will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe." (Ephesians 1:18-19).
3) Put on the whole armor of God (Ephesians 6:11) which I believe boils down to reminding myself and remembering the atoning work of Christ on the cross and what He accomplished for sinners. As Piper has said, "we never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never outgrow our need for the gospel."
4) Submit to God and resist satan (James 4:7). God knows how to rescue the godly from temptation (2 Peter 2:9).
"The Serpent's message even echoes in the church."
This is the battlefield, the Church. The Spirit of love, is the same Spirit of truth, and Satan has a way of distorting love, and the truth.It's either sentimental love, or legalistic truth. His lies surely are the same.
Great post. May the Lord keep us the evil one. For we are no match for him. The Lord rebuke him. Amen.
I'm with the consensus opinion I think - very nice nugget. You've piqued my interest in yet another book. Thomas Brooks offers some additional insights and perspective in his book, "Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices". I remember the first time I told my daughter (in a way that a 5 year old can understand) that Satan knows God's word and how he operates—that he is a theologian—he just chooses to oppose God's will and to twist God's word to lead people astray. It blew her mind. I was 27 years old when Christ called me out and I finally began to understand that truth. It blew my mind, too!
Don Sands - I think you meant "May the Lord keep us FROM the evil one"! LOL! I just had to rib you because it seems like I'm always the one who leaves out that crucial word that changes everything.
Peace & Blessings!Simple Mann
Boy! was that a mistake. Thanks Simple Mann.Here's the Scripture verse I was thinking of:"I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one." Jesus' prayer for us to His Father. What an encouragement this should be to us, God's elect.
Remember the old SNL skit where the "Jaws" shark would come to the door and act like he was the pizza guy or some other imposter and the idiot in the apartment would always let him in?That's how we are with Satan. We fall for the same old lies flimsily disguised and then wonder "How did I get devoured?" Remember, he always operates with lies.Excellent post, Tim. Good follow-up reading, ( unless you're going to write a book on the subject) is "Lies Women Believe" by Nancy Leigh Demoss.
Tim, sheer excellence. Satan truly thrives when he succeeds at getting Christians to put question marks where God puts periods.
The application to the Emerging Church, and to the Seeker Churches are obvious. Sadly, this also serves as the exact template for how my church just split over the egalitarian issue. It's very sad, but not at all surprising, that the most vocal opponents to our complementarian ministerial was former pastors, former deacons, and people in our denominational staff. The grounds for opposition? Exegesis? Of course not! Ambiguity, process, and hurt feelings? Got it! Satan loves the fuzzy stuff.
I take heart in God's sovereignty and providence in preserving a people for Himself.
Well-sifted and eye-opening summary of Satan's tactics.
It's very easy to slip into thinking of Satan's works as being stereotypical pictures of evil—stealing, lying, raping, murdering, etc. I'm glad to have thoughtful reminders of the sly, deceitful, and calculating nature of Satan's work to undermine faith's foundations.
These points are wonderful to pass on for others to read, as well as a way to inform our prayers for folks as well.
Thanks for sharing this!
Also, Natalie…that was great :)
That was a great post and some great truths about leading people into sin. I think I will probably try to pick up Waltke's Old Testament Theology. You know another great Old Testament Theology is that of Paul House. He does an excellent job of explaining and imputing very good commentary.
R. Kent Hughes has a quote in his book Discipline of a Godly Man :"Satan does not fill you with hatred of God, but with forgetfulness of God".
It has always stuck with me.
Thanks, Tim!
Jeremiah Burroughs wrote in his book "The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment" that:
"Here lies the bottom and root of all contentment, when there is an evenness and proportion between our hearts and our circumstances."
It's in the portion of the book discussing how the Christian comes to contentment not by way of addition but by subtraction—that is, by reducing their desires for the world markets to their selfish nature. That has had a profound impact on my thinking and understanding. In fact, that's what my mind immediately turned to a couple of nights ago as my wife and kids were heading back to our hotel from SeaWorld in San Antonio. I asked, "What was your favorite thing we did?" to the kids, and almost immediately the responses turned to things they didn't get to do or wanted to do next time… the ride we didn't ride, the show we didn't see, the toy in the gift shop we didn't buy, etc. Now granted, I think this is "normal" thinking for children, but sadly it is too often the way we think, too, and was Satan's entry point to sin in the Garden of Eden.
If we really take that passage to heart and live that then we can live graciously and thankfully with what we *have* been given instead of focusing on what we haven't been. Far too often we focus on the things we don't have or didn't get because this is what the world teaches us to do—and is also the ministry of the devil. "Oh, sure you have all of this other stuff here in this garden—but yet you still cannot enjoy this delicious piece of fruit? Why can't you? Why wouldn't God want you to have the desires of your heart, hmmm? What a pity. It is SO delightful."
We should flee like Joseph when that fruit is presented!
Blessings,Simple Mann
This is by far one of the best post I read about temptation.
Satan's best weapon is by far using God's Words on us. We are easily blinded by our own desires to do what we want. No wonder why the path to the Kingdom of God is narrow.
This is a book that I would definitely be added to my to-read list.
"I think we give far too much credit to satan for our temptation"
I don't. I think we take him way too lightly, and forget that he is the one tempting us and fighting against us. I see satan as a foe who is relentless, and yet i go day by day not even thinking of him, and he's there the whole time.
I think the church takes him for granted, which is what he wants.there are those who blame him for their sin of course. I agree with you there.
And all my sin, every thought, word, and deed is mine to own. I can never blame the devil for my sin, never.
In the church today many people de-emphasize sin because it may hinder the quest for self-actualization or it may make people feel guilty or damage their self-esteem. "Sadly many evangelical churches are in the process of buying into a guilt-free, pain-free, judgment-free gospel." Sad but true observation.
The de-emphasis of sin is one of the greatest thieves of all time. It robs us of a fuller appreciation of the grace of God, the glory and true value of the cross, a clearer sight of God's attributes such as His perfect righteousness and wrath, while at the same time inflates our pride and self-righteousness.
Excellent post, Tim.
"The de-emphasis of sin is one of the greatest thieves of all time. It robs us of a fuller appreciation of the grace of God, the glory and true value of the cross, a clearer sight of God's attributes such as His perfect righteousness and wrath, while at the same time inflates our pride and self-righteousness."
Well said, DLytle!
"Well said, DLytle!"
Ditto. And if it's alright, then I'd like to share your quote at my pastor's blog, where he's doing a video review of the book, "The Shack".http://beholdinghim.blogspot.com/
Brian, (comment #16),I agree. The temptations of satan AND our propensity to be drawn away by our own lusts and desires are both, in my opinion, equally dangerous.
Even if we flee from the world to escape sin or from Satan to avoid temptation, we still have carried it with us in our own heart… With that in mind, the remedy or tactic as described by Pastor Chris (comment #4) applies to both.
I see satan as a foe who is relentless, and yet i go day by day not even thinking of him, and he's there the whole time.
Satan is not omniscient, and he's not omnipresent…he is not "there the whole time". Our own lusts and desires, however, ARE always there, and we are tempted when we are carried away by our own lusts and desires.
Resist the devil, and he will flee. How do we resist him? By putting on the armor of God. It's hard work, but it is a simple process as far as a solution goes to defeating satan.
By the way, he is bound right now.
"Satan is not omniscient, and he's not omnipresent…he is not "there the whole time"."
I realize that. He doesn't take time for me. But how many deomons, or devils are in this world, the spiritual realm?
It's a daily spiritual battle against temptation for sure. I would think most Christians don't ever think that they are being tempted by the tempter. That's my thinking. I could be wrong, and most Christians are giving him too much credit as you say.
For myself, it's a very hard battle in the spirit realm at times. Not that i'm being tested as Job, or sifted like Peter was.And remember, I'm not meaning Satan when I say Satan, I'm just using his name as the whole principalities and powers realm.
I suppose I need to study it a bit more.But I know Luther realized the power of Satan as a roaring lion. I guess I'm reflecting from his teachings on devils fighting against the church.
Thanks Brian for your thoughts.
Please share it with anyone you'd like. In fact, you can email it back to me next month as I will probably try to minimize my own sin once again and be in need of the reminder.
Ya know if we saw sin as God sees it, we'd value his wrathfulness rather than downplay it.
Here are my two cents: The Lord taught us to ask God not to lead us into temptation, but to deliver us from evil, or the evil one. I think the context of 1 Peter 5:8-9 shows a devil on the loose (though on a leash) that we are told to be watchful of, and with all sober-mindedness. Verse 9 explains that the devil brings suffering to God's people all over the world. It's ultimately for God's purposes of course, and as with so many things Scripture reveals, there are these two seemingly contradictory truths: Satan is definitely on a leash, yet we must watch diligently, and daily ask God to protect and keep us from his wiles and strategies.
As donsands mentioned, although Satan certainly isn't omniscient or omnipresent, his minions are out and about.
One part you failed to mention in verse 9 is where Peter gives instructions on HOW to resist the devil…by being "firm in your faith".
Paul also follows this thinking when he says, "Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil."
We need not spend/waste time fearing that we are or might be attacked by the devil or his minions. God gives us the remedy for such attacks. Our focus should be on growing in the grace and knowledge of our Savior. Our focus should be to…
Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication.
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Fittingly for the iconoclastic George Condo, the artist says the subject that brought about his first mature painting was the Madonna. That 1982 work is the lynchpin of a retrospective, "George Condo: Mental States," which opens at the New Museum tonight. The lender list alone speaks to the eclectic demand for Condo's work, and the excited build-up to the opening tonight.
Visitors to the exhibition will probably be familiar with the artist's scenes featuring screwed-up, clown-like, dumb-eyed subjects-often reproduced, most recently in a "banned" cover for Kanye West's most recent album. What they will here see is a themed survey that breaks down Condo's impassioned exploration of the human figure. This New York edition is adapted from the first presentation, curated by Ralph Rugoff for the Hayward Gallery in London.
What is it that's so enduringly controversial about Condo's gaggle-eyed forms? And what might we learn from him? "The topographical aspects of the human face are frightening," he says. "And when they resemble the average person, rather than a magazine cover, viewers recognize themselves..."
ALEX GARTENFELD: Abstraction is something that comes across in so many different ways with your work, and it's addressed in each of the catalogue essays. Have you ever felt that abstraction was a category that made your work more polite?
GEORGE CONDO: Abstract is a word that lends itself to pre-conceptions, especially when applied to painting. People have all different reasons for it. I see abstraction as another way of describing the experience of transformation. What I always said is that when I look at a Jackson Pollock, I see faces. I paint the people and the places and the things that I see while looking at an abstract painting. In other words, it's the reverse process of Leonardo looking at drips on a wall and putting buildings in there. And the opposite is true, too.
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