“In the story it is clear that Jesus is referring to the temple as his father’s house and that he believes the temple should be a place to worship God and nothing else. There is no place for money inside the temple. But as we know, as we’ve discussed many times in this building, the stories of the Bible are both literal and metaphorical. Did the events in the Bible actually happen as they are described? Yes. Yes, they did. But if we read the stories of the Bible as a dry history we are missing out on God’s plan. These stories were important in the days just after Jesus’ death. They were important during the dominance of Rome. They were important during the Black Plague. They were important during the Revolutionary War. They were important during the Industrial Revolution and they are important today in the face of the Singularity.”