Initial Thoughts
Lent 3
March 11, 2012

Initial Thoughts
by David von Schlichten

Exodus 20: What are some idols beyond the usual? For instance, when is family an idol? When is our health an idol?

Why is it OK for God to be jealous, but not us? Is God's jealousy different from ours? Does God exhibit righteous jealousy?

What do we often misunderstand about the Ten Commandments? It seems to me that we often think of the Ten Commandments reductively. Here are these ten rules. I need to follow them or else. Period. What are your thoughts?

1 Corinthians 1:18-25: What are ways that we experience cross-wisdom, which looks like foolishness, in everyday activities?

John 2:13-22: Does this passage about Jesus cleansing the Temple imply that violence can be an acceptable method of problem-solving? As a pacifist, I hope not. What do you think?

(from www.goodpreacher.com/blog/)