Scripture: Exodus 20:1-17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019ve all heard of the 10 Commandments. Many of the children who will be in class today will have at least heard of the phrase \u201cThe 10 Commandments,\u201d but how many of them will know where they came from or understand what they mean for our lives today? Jerome Berryman calls his Godly Play lesson for the 10 Commandments \u201cThe 10 Best Ways\u201d as a way of translating for young children the understanding that these rule were meant to instruct the people of Israel in a philosophy that would help them to live as their best selves. The people were wondering in the desert, following Moses out of slavery in Egypt, searching for the land flowing with milk and honey they had been promised. The people were getting tired of wandering and searching and started to rebel against Moses and against God. They had put up with enough and wanted to find immediate gratification for their needs. This made God sad and perplexed Moses, who felt ill equipped to get the people back on track. So God spoke to Moses and gave him these 10 straightforward, but deeply challenging rules to assist the people in following God and honoring the \u201cdignity of every human being.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scripture: John 2:13-22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Events teach. Often the learning comes after the event. Jesus teaches with elements that have immediate impact as well as lingering meaning. And they usually land well outside the expected. So, with Passover looming, Jesus goes into the busy temple and proceeds to clean house. \u201cTake these things out of here!\u201d he demands of the money changers, the animal merchants \u2013 even those who sold doves. Then he announces: \u201cDestroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.\u201d A temple that took 46 years to build? Could he mean the temple God has been building since the beginning of time? 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