Chances are you’ve heard the phrase, “the devil is in the details,” meaning that something that appears to be simple can end up being much more complicated and difficult than you expect as you work out the minutiae. I believe God is in the details too. Some people think God is a big picture guy, […]
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Where is your Temple? Where do you find God? For the writer of Psalm 84, the answer to these questions is easy, the Temple in Jerusalem. This Temple is all of this and more. It was magnificent and beautiful, inspiring awe in all who entered its gates. Psalm 84 Psalm 84 starts by singing her […]
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A young, bare-foot, baby faced Jesus, standing in the Temple and speaking to older, learned scholars. Why is it so surprising? He needed to be about his Father’s work. Twelve years back in that time, would have been more like 18 or even 21 in our time where we postpone adolescence into the twenties so […]
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Forty days after Jesus’ birth, Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the Temple where he met two of my favorite people from Scripture: Simeon and Anna. In this church window, we see Mary and Joseph in the Temple with Simeon holding the baby Jesus. Over Simeon’s shoulder we see Anna, the prophetess, looking on. […]
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