Blazing Saddles
Pursuit Driver
You are correct. He was making a correlation between the Temple, where God, at that time, resided, to what He was teaching about the New Covenant. After Jesus was crucified, God dwelt in the hearts of those who believed in Him. The Ark of the Covenant held God's Spirit in the Temple but now His Saving Grace provides us with the Holy Spirit to live in us. A Church is just a place to gather and worship Him. That's why we can have 'church' anywhere at any time and can come into the presence of the One who sits on His High Throne without having to go to a temple or meeting place.LisaC said:
Remember, His whole point about that incident was to teach us NOT to defile the Temple by worldly things. That place (temple) changed after His death.
honeybunny
Pursuit Driver
This is a very interesting topic... I even did a google search to see if coffee was mentioned in the bible. 
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On one hand the coffee bean is surely one of God's creations. (gazesupwardnsaysthankyou)
One the other hand I can understand the reverance for the even the most humble sanctuary.
I have been to a couple of very holy places in my life and anything but pure silence would be out of the question.
Although I am not a religious person, I do have great admiration and respect for religious traditions.
) On one hand the coffee bean is surely one of God's creations. (gazesupwardnsaysthankyou)
One the other hand I can understand the reverance for the even the most humble sanctuary.
I have been to a couple of very holy places in my life and anything but pure silence would be out of the question.
Although I am not a religious person, I do have great admiration and respect for religious traditions.
MacDaddy
Training wheel examiner
During our search for a church to attend up here, we visited a nearby church. Highly recommended by neighbors. They have what looks like a food court just outside the sanctuary. I thought the sanctuary was the gym - nope. They had "dueling" baptismal windows. There were folks bringing in coffee, sports drinks, danish, biscuits, pretty much anything they wanted. Mrs. Mac and I walked out during the service - just way too much a party going on in there.
Waski_the_Squirrel
Resident of the least visited state in the nation.
There used to be an elderly couple that would bring a mug of coffee from home to the church. I'm not a fan personally (I leave it in the car), but I don't have a huge problem...and I'm the one that does the sweeping.
We have a pot-luck after the service, and that's really nice: a big family around a dining room table. When we have special events, our dining room can't hold everyone, so we set up a few tables in the sanctuary, and a lot of people eat in the pews. We have a smallish building.
We have a pot-luck after the service, and that's really nice: a big family around a dining room table. When we have special events, our dining room can't hold everyone, so we set up a few tables in the sanctuary, and a lot of people eat in the pews. We have a smallish building.
mei lan
Pursuit Driver
Waski_the_Squirrel said:
Your situation is way different from most here. Many here are talking about MONDO churches with multiple Sunday services, sanctuaries that seat hundreds, if not thousands, etc. Mac's description is one of the more outrageous, although I do not doubt it one bit. Your church sounds like somewhere I would love to attend. When I stop for a visit on one of our sojourns out west, I shall plan on a visit to church as well.