Mundane in the Membrane Matthew 23.1-12 11-5-2017 Mundane in the Membrane A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Matthew 23:1-12 11-5-2016 In today’s lection, and indeed throughout the whole of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus laments the ever-evolving and ever-expanding bureaucracy of religious leadership. Long ago, the law of Moses had been developed to help people recognize, respect, and celebrate the power and presence of God in the world. But over the years, the Tabernacle became a Temple, and the law developed tradition, and an institution emerged, and its power kept growing. And......

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