Study Desk

The segundos in the church picked up the money and said, "We can't even use this for our church bank account because it's blood money."

When he was accused by the head honchos of the church, he didn't answer.

But the head honchos of the church lobbied the crowd and persuaded them to release the bandito and have Jesus strung up.

sayin', "You claimed you were gonna destroy the church and rebuild it in three days! If you're the Boss's Son, come down off that cross and prove it, you coward!"

The head honchos of the church acted in the same sorry fashion. They made fun of him and said,

At that very moment, the drapery in the church that separated man from God was split down the middle startin' at the top and comin' down. The whole earth shook and boulders split wide open like busted watermelons.

The next day, the head honchos of the church and the religious know-it-alls went to Pilate.

While the women were goin' to tell Jesus's cowboys about what happened, the deputies rode into town and told the head honchos of the church about the winged rider and everything else that had happened.

The cowboys rode all the way to Capernaum. When the day of rest came (the old timers called it the Sabbath), Jesus went up to the church building and began to give all them folks a clinic on what it means to ride for God.

When they left the church, they rode over to Simon and Andrew's line camp.James and John were still with them and as they all walked in,

"Don't tell anyone what happened here. Just go to the church and show 'em that you're clean. Take along the offering that Moses said to bring for your fixing."

Another time, Jesus walked into a church and there was a fellow there with a crippled wing.

All of a sudden, one of the local church leaders named Jairus came up, and when he caught sight of Jesus, he fell at his feet.

While he was still talking to the woman, some people came from the church leader's house saying, "Jairus, your daughter is dead. No need to bother Jesus anymore."

When the day of rest came, Jesus went and did a little preaching at the local church. People who listened were wondering where he came up with all these different interpretations of God's word. They also wondered where all his wisdom came from and if the miracles he had been performing came from the same place. They all shook their heads and kept asking one another,

Now some of the head honchos of the church, and some religious experts who were from Jerusalem, gathered around Jesus.

What they call church is just teaching a bunch of rules and stuff that they came up with. It's not about me.'

Jesus rode straight to the main church in town to talk to his Daddy in heaven. After he was done, he went out to the little town of Bethany with his twelve cowboys.

When they got to Jerusalem, they went straight to the main church area of town. Jesus jumped off his horse and started throwing the tables of those people who were selling animals for sacrifices across the courtyard. He made quite an impression in the way he handled the money changer's booths.

They rode into Jerusalem again and headed straight for the main church area. While Jesus was walking amongst the people, some of the bigwigs who ran the place came up to him and asked him,