God’s New Temple

Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 Posted in writing | Comments Off on God’s New Temple

Matthew, Mark and Luke all mention that at the death of Jesus, the veil (or curtain) of the Temple was torn in two, leaving the Holy of Holies open and exposed. The Holy of Holies and the Temple were where ...

God’s Building, God’s Temple

Monday, November 10th, 2014 Posted in writing | Comments Off on God’s Building, God’s Temple

St. Paul wrote the Corinthian Christian community that they were God’s building and God’s temple (1 Corinthians 3). He used these images to help the church he’d founded at Corinth understand and appreciate who they were. At first sight, comparing ...

Cleaning the Temple (Lent 3)

Saturday, March 14th, 2009 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Cleaning the Temple (Lent 3)

It wasn’t about the doves or the sheep or even the money as such, Jesus’ driving out the sellers from the Temple. It was about restoring the understanding of what the Temple was --- a place where the people would ...