by chrisgoins | Mar 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Tuesday was a whirlwind of activity. It probably won’t surprise you that Jesus went back to the temple to teach again. In fact, He spent the majority of that day in the temple. We’ll talk more about what went down at the temple soon, but here are the bullets of...
by chrisgoins | Mar 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Sunday is a day of feasting + celebration since Jesus rose on a Sunday. Take today to catch up on your reading + to contemplate what you’ve read so far.
by chrisgoins | Mar 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Once the kiosks for temple merchants + “spiritual loan sharks” had been cleared out, there was room for the blind + crippled—the outcasts, rejects + poor—to get in! People who had been ignored by their own families, friends, religious community + culture now had a...
by chrisgoins | Mar 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s interesting that the primary issue for Jesus wasn’t Rome’s political power or army, it was God’s temple. He didn’t come as a military, economic, political or social revolutionary. He came as a Savior who would willingly pay the penalty for sin that all of us...
by chrisgoins | Mar 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Jesus’ overturning the tables of those selling goods in the temple, wasn’t simply a protest against the commercialism of the temple . . . It was so much more than that! By driving out those who were buying + selling temple sacrifices, He effectively...
by chrisgoins | Mar 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
The action on Monday began with Jesus cursing a fig tree. “No more figs from this tree . . . Ever!” (Matthew 21:19 MSG) But it didn’t stop there. With the events of Sunday + last week still fresh on everyone’s minds, speculation must have mounted as to what...
