Did you catch one the letters to the editors of the latest Newsweek?

Maggie Croft of Idaho Falls, Idaho responded to the recent series of articles on “The Politics of Jesus” by writing,

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“New Testament accounts of the life of Jesus Christ show a gentle, humble, loving, tolerant, kind man. Some Christian religious leaders don’t resemble Christ at all, and they want to run our government. It was Christ who said, ‘Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.’ I take that to mean separation of church and state.”

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I do believe in the separation of church and state, also that we should submit to government officials, that we should pay our taxes in order to not be a stumblingblock to a secular world, and that we should pray for political leaders.

But how does the paragraph, John 2:13-17, fit in with Maggie’s description of Jesus? We will be looking at this text next Sunday morning.