{"id":132,"date":"2003-10-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-10-12T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/?p=132"},"modified":"2005-05-01T16:18:14","modified_gmt":"2005-05-01T21:18:14","slug":"the-golden-cash-calf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/the-golden-cash-calf\/","title":{"rendered":"The Golden (Cash) Calf"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"infoboxGold\"><p>&#8220;&#8230; In the temple courts he [Jesus] found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.  So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.<br \/>\nTo those who sold doves he said, &#8216;Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father&#8217;s house into a market!&#8217; &#8230;&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/cgi-bin\/bible?passage=JOHN+2:14-16&#038;language=english&#038;version=NIV&#038;showfn=on&#038;showxref=on\" target=\"offsite\">John 2:14-16 &#8211; N.I.V.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thus concludes your sermon for this Sunday.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t forget to tithe your pastor on the way out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&apos;&#8230; In the temple courts he [Jesus] found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.  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