Then again, in Solomon’s time, God didn’t dwell in men so it was cool for him to build a temple to show the world God’s glory. In our time now, our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit thus God, so shouldn’t we rather be focused as shepherds(the pastors) on feeding the sheep to enable them grow in the right way whilst attending to their welfare too.

When I see a large edifice, I must confess that the first thing that pops into my head is no where near “glory to God”, that thought rarely even crosses my mind. So I find it a bit difficult to connect large edifices to the glory of God, especially when the people in the church don’t seem to be growing and are deficient in the one thing that sets then apart — the word of God.