The awesome church lesson ideas thread

[wally]

We need a catch-all for church lesson ideas. Could be just a story or an entire topic. Could even be a diorama.

The Salt Lake Tribune provided me with an example for a "keeping the sabbath day holy" lesson today:

Utah duck hunter shot in buttocks by his dog

Notice the day he was hunting:

The wounded hunter was transported to Brigham City Community Hospital about 9 a.m. Sunday, where doctors removed the bird shot and released the 46-year-old Brigham City man to nurse his wounds — and pride.

Take home message: If you break the sabbath hunting, God might have your dog shoot you in the ass and it might make the paper.

[creekster]

We need a catch-all for church lesson ideas. Could be just a story or an entire topic. Could even be a diorama.

The Salt Lake Tribune provided me with an example for a "keeping the sabbath day holy" lesson today:

Utah duck hunter shot in buttocks by his dog

Notice the day he was hunting:



Take home message: If you break the sabbath hunting, God might have your dog shoot you in the ass and it might make the paper.

Does this mean that, like women and small children, dogs are closer to the spirit than men? Or does it just mean that when they go hunting dogs get drunk and do stupid things too?

[Solon]

Does this mean that, like women and small children, dogs are closer to the spirit than men? Or does it just mean that when they go hunting dogs get drunk and do stupid things too?

I heard a story once from David Seely, a BYU religion prof. (a helluva smart and likeable guy). Seely told me that once he had a friend who taught Gospel Doctrine for Acts 10, when Peter gets the vision to eat all the unclean animals.

Seely's friend brought in can of beer and had a pre-arranged friend in the audience. Seely's Friend told the planted friend to drink the beer. Planted friend said no. Seely's friend said again, "Drink the beer." Planted friend said, "Okay", popped the top, and chugged away (somehow they had doctored the can to be empty or filled with something other than alcoholic beer).

Gasps from the crowd and shock from the bishop. Seely's friend pointed out that this is similar to what Peter's reaction would have been to God's commandment to start eating unclean animals.

IIRC, the friend got a little talking-to afterwards, which is too bad since I assume everyone who was there will remember that lesson forever.

[wally]

Does this mean that, like women and small children, dogs are closer to the spirit than men? Or does it just mean that when they go hunting dogs get drunk and do stupid things too?

It doesn't matter. If they hadn't been breaking the sabbath, it wouldn't have happened.

[creekster]

It doesn't matter. If they hadn't been breaking the sabbath, it wouldn't have happened.

But do we celebrate or equally condemn the dog? Enquirign minds want to know!

[wally]

I heard a story once from David Seely, a BYU religion prof. (a helluva smart and likeable guy). Seely told me that once he had a friend who taught Gospel Doctrine for Acts 10, when Peter gets the vision to eat all the unclean animals.

Seely's friend brought in can of beer and had a pre-arranged friend in the audience. Seely told the friend to drink the beer. Friend said no. Seely said again, "Drink the beer." Friend said, "Okay", popped the top, and chugged away (somehow they had doctored the can to be empty or filled with something other than alcoholic beer).

Gasps from the crowd and shock from the bishop. Seely's friend pointed out that this is similar to what Peter's reaction would have been to God's commandment to start eating unclean animals.

IIRC, the friend got a little talking-to afterwards, which is too bad since I assume everyone who was there will remember that lesson forever.

YES! this is what I'm after.

But do we celebrate or equally condemn the dog? Enquirign minds want to know!

On one hand, the dog should never have been put in position to break the sabbath, but then on the other, dogs shall be punished for their own sins and not for their masters' transgressions. Hmmm... interesting spinnoff onto accountability.

[Pheidippides]

I heard a story once from David Seely, a BYU religion prof. (a helluva smart and likeable guy). Seely told me that once he had a friend who taught Gospel Doctrine for Acts 10, when Peter gets the vision to eat all the unclean animals.

Seely's friend brought in can of beer and had a pre-arranged friend in the audience. Seely told the friend to drink the beer. Friend said no. Seely said again, "Drink the beer." Friend said, "Okay", popped the top, and chugged away (somehow they had doctored the can to be empty or filled with something other than alcoholic beer).

Gasps from the crowd and shock from the bishop. Seely's friend pointed out that this is similar to what Peter's reaction would have been to God's commandment to start eating unclean animals.

IIRC, the friend got a little talking-to afterwards, which is too bad since I assume everyone who was there will remember that lesson forever.

I'm totally doing this next time I have to make a point about something shocking. I recently taught about the good Samaritan and went way out of my way to point out how shocking and offensive that parable would have been to contemporary Jews. (Solon or others can now tell me I was wrong).