Absorption Rate

Also the sons of the stranger, who join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one who keeps the sabbath and does not profane it, and all who hold fast to my covenant; Isaiah 56:6  (Hebrew World) Sons of the stranger –…

The Big Show

It is written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer,” but you have made it a den of thieves. Matthew 21:13 Den – Jesus quotes Jeremiah.  No doubt about it.  “Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers?” (Jeremiah 7:11)  The metaphor underlines the fact that the…

Praying Naked

It is written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer,” but you have made it a den of thieves. Matthew 21:13 Prayer – David danced naked before the ark.  Although Scripture doesn’t comment on it, I am quite sure that David also prayed naked.  I don’t mean that he fell to his face…

Selling St. Peter’s

And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer;’ but you are making it a robbers’ den.”  Matthew 21:13 Robbers’ – The Vatican is perhaps the most overwhelming monument in the world to the power of Christianity.  Just standing in the square in front of St. Peter’s…

Prayer

“And He said to them, “It is written, ‘MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER’”  Matthew 21:13 Prayer – When Matthew translated Jesus’ shout into Greek, he used the word proseuche.  Whatever the history behind the Hebrew word might be, the story of this Greek word is a bit clearer.  Proseuche comes from…

PRAYER’

“And He said to them, “It is written, ‘MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER’”  Matthew 21:13 from Isaiah 56:7 Prayer – Do you think Jesus would say the same thing to us if he were to show up on Sunday?  Is your church really a “house of prayer”?  This is not a…