Rebuilding the Temple

Chapter 2 — The Message and the Way

Mike Bishop
The Message and the Way
14 min readFeb 21, 2022

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Haggai is one of those books in the Old Testament that is easy to pass by. It’s short — two chapters — and doesn’t seem to pack the prophetic punch of an Isaiah, or Jeremiah, or even Malachi. But Haggai contains a message that speaks directly and powerfully to a 21st century church in desperate need of renewal.

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Writing on faithfulness to the Way of Jesus, becoming fully-formed humanity, and the table as metaphor and praxis of being church. Oh, and a good story or two.