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Muggeridge on modern money-changers

Posted on May 30, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Christ and the Media

Somehow it gave me an extraordinarily vivid sense of what it must have been like all those years ago in the Temple at Jerusalem, when the money-changers were chased out, and their tables overturned.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Media, money, money changer, Mother Teresa, Muggeridge

On money lenders and impure motives

Posted on October 17, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

This morning I read the story in Mark 11 of Jesus cleansing the Temple. He was angry with those who were using worship at the Temple for their own gain. Since most of us haven’t been guilty of selling birds or running a currency exchange in the back of the church, we are afforded the opportunity to smugly look down on those rascals that Jesus tossed out.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Jesus, money changer, motive, Temple

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