Temptation of Christ and Relationship with God

From http://tabletalk.typepad.com/tabletalk/2005/01/mystery.html (the whole post is more or less about the Temptation of Christ in Mat. 4 and post-modernity)

Temptation is often in the guise of something good not bad, and what is good is often in the form of what might appear dull, boring or even bad itself.

Then on the next post (http://tabletalk.typepad.com/tabletalk/2005/01/making_room_for.html) he said something interesting:

Relationships are not governed by rules but by presence. Each time we offer a new device for being close to God, we deceive the people we offer the device to. This is part of the challenge, the mystery and the joy. I cannot plumb the depths of God. I'll never figure God out.

But the whole post is about how modern church get lazy and try to use programs to evangelize instead of be the instrument as God intended...