The Immediate Word
Free-Riders, Nominals, And Nones
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The lectionary readings appointed for Proper 28 provide us with powerful messages about the future of the church -- the Isaiah text talks about God creating “new heavens and a new earth” where “the wolf and lamb shall feed together,” while the gospel passage forecasts the coming destruction of the beautifully adorned temple in Jerusalem. For many of our people, the disciples’ questions to Jesus about the fate of the temple will surely feel familiar.