Tag: Jerusalem Temple
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When Our Great Buildings Fall – A Sermon On Mark 13:1-8
What do you do when the great buildings of your life fall, when not one stone is left upon another, and all has been thrown down? I think that’s the question Jesus is answering in today’s gospel (Mark 13:1-8). It’s a question we all come to at some point. It’s a question I’ve been asking Read more
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Interrupting Business As Usual – A Sermon On John 2:13-22
I don’t think this story is simply about Jesus getting angry. Jesus got angry. I get angry. It’s ok to get angry. That misses the point. There’s more to this story than that. And I don’t think it’s about the animals or the moneychangers being in the temple. Jesus surely had to have known they… Read more
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Stone By Stone God Rebuilds Our Temple – A Sermon On Luke 21:5-19
The collect and readings for yesterday, proper 28C, the twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost may be found here. The appointed gospel is Luke 21:5-19. When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, “As for these things that you see, the days will come Read more
Interrupting the Silence 