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Jesus Flipped Tables—So Why Are We Afraid to Call Out Injustice?

If there is one Bible story that feels as relevant now as it did two thousand years ago, it is the moment Jesus stormed into the temple, saw corruption hiding behind religious authority and flipped the tables of the money changers. He did not send a carefully worded letter or offer a restrained critique. He made a scene. Coins clattered, merchants scattered and the religious establishment was publicly confronted. It was a moment of holy disruption. And yet, while Christians often admire this sto