When the Tables Are Turned (JICC)
Weekly Reading
Monday: Deuteronomy 1, Acts 28
Tuesday: Deuteronomy 2
Wednesday: Deuteronomy 3:1-22, Romans 1
Thursday: Romans 2-3
Friday: Romans 4
Saturday: Psalm 88-89, Proverbs 20
Sunday: Isaiah 11-26
Tuesday: Deuteronomy 2
Wednesday: Deuteronomy 3:1-22, Romans 1
Thursday: Romans 2-3
Friday: Romans 4
Saturday: Psalm 88-89, Proverbs 20
Sunday: Isaiah 11-26
Sermon Notes
Key Passage: Matthew 21:1-17
Cleansing the Temple
Come to your Temple her with liberation
And overturn these tables of exchange,
Restore in me my lost imagination,
Begin in me for good the pure change.
Come as you came, an infant with your mother,
That innocence may cleanse and claim this ground.
Come as you came, a boy who sought his father
With questions asked and certain answers found.
Come as you came this day, a man in anger,
Unleash the lash that drives a pathway through,
Face down for me the fear, the shame, the danger,
Teach me again to whom my love is due.
Break down in me the barricades of death
And tear the veil in two with your last breath.
- Malcolm Guite, Sounding the Seasons, Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year
Cleansing the Temple
Come to your Temple her with liberation
And overturn these tables of exchange,
Restore in me my lost imagination,
Begin in me for good the pure change.
Come as you came, an infant with your mother,
That innocence may cleanse and claim this ground.
Come as you came, a boy who sought his father
With questions asked and certain answers found.
Come as you came this day, a man in anger,
Unleash the lash that drives a pathway through,
Face down for me the fear, the shame, the danger,
Teach me again to whom my love is due.
Break down in me the barricades of death
And tear the veil in two with your last breath.
- Malcolm Guite, Sounding the Seasons, Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year
Discussion Questions
3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?
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