in other articles i have read, i think he has done a beautiful job of grounding this with what scripture witnesses to.

truly, i think what has happened is that for ‘children’s sunday school’ they wanted to offer cheap-and-easy answers that rip it out of its context…and now many have carried those cheap-and-easy answers into adulthood. look at the stories from sunday school that people are merely repeating: ‘going to heaven when you die’; the story of david and goliath (sling-shots were weapons and slingers were a crucial part of ancient military…it wasn’t just a kid’s toy);

we are seeing the fruits of Sunday school cirricula. to me, this re-emphasizes that we need to listen to the questions and instruct our children rather than provide cheap-and-easy answers that actually keep them from living in a place that they are mostly comfortable living: with mystery and paradox and beauty. i am afraid that we ‘teach’ them right out of it…