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Sunday School

I am teaching sunday school at our church, Covenant Presbyterian Church here in Nashville this fall for the senior high youth group. I am teaching through the 10 commandments, and ran across a few, what I deem to be, blog-worthy quotes that I shall post dealing with the 2nd commandment:

“Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols” -Calvin

“Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain” -Calvin

“We are driven to idolatry by sin and pride which both result from forgetting who our God really is. This means that whenever we think we need to disobey one of these commands we have come to disbelieve that God knows what He is doing, and we have made an idol out of Him – we have come to see Him as less than “all-knowing” or less than “all-good” or less than “all-powerful.” -Kevin Twit (i think)

“If idolatry comes from exchanging the truth for a lie, then healing comes from reversing this. We have to learn how to do gospel-arguing with ourselves, and ask… Heart, why do you think this is going to really satisfy? It has no power to save and it will never forgive you when you let it down.” -Keller(at least most of it)

Now, my challenge is to put together a Sunday school lesson where I don't just quote other people the whole time. Kind of tough when you other people have said it so well already...

posted by corbs @ 10:58 PM