Names:


In this lesson we learned about all the different names of God. We learned how El is the powerful, creator God/name, and YHWH is the relationship and caring God/name. I said that God has so many names that just explain his many personalities. There is also a lot of other names like Jehovah. Mr. Minkus brought in his birth certificate. He told us and talked about how his birth certificate represented how God is the creator, but also the caring relationship God.

Covenant:


In this lesson we learned about agreements made by two parties or people. We learned about conditional and unconditional covenants. We also had a conversation about how God has an unconditional covenant with everyone. A conditional covenant is something like, “ If you do the dishes I’ll give you $2 or something. An unconditional covenant would be saying, “I will give $2 just because, and i will always give you $2 no matter what”. I reflected on the fact that no matter what you do God will always love you. For Mr. Minkus’s visual he did a wedding ring representing the covenant or the vows that you make when you marry someone.

Slavery/Salvation:


In this lesson we learned about how God freed the slaves in Egypt. God uses people to do what he wants to be done on earth. In this scenario God used Moses to free slaves from Egypt. This lesson was all about the plagues. We talked about how the Egyptians didn’t let the israelites out of Egypt. That’s why Moses had to send the plagues. Mr. Minkus’ Visual was an Argentine flag because when he was struggling, God used his struggling to do something good.

Siani Law:


In this lesson we learned about holding grudges and making idols. We talked about what our idols were. We learned about Mt. Siani and how the Israelites worshiped an idol when Moses was up on the mountain. We had a circle of love about idol and what our idols are. People were talking about how video games, sports, tv, and other things were their idols. Mr. Minkus’ visual aid was a seat belt. It represented how God protects us from danger.

Salute To a King:


In this lesson we learn about how the Israelites wanted a melak king, but they got a nagid king instead. A nagid king is a king that follows God. A malek king is a king that focuses on war. We also had a conversation about what we idolize again, and we talked about stuff the we like that God maybe won’t like. I kinda said this as a joke, but I said that some people idolize homework because we could be spending time in the word instead of homework.

Something Rotten:


In this lesson we learned about Ahab leading Israel to worship baal. Mr. Minkus read us a story about baal. He read about how Elijah told the baal worshipers to tell baal to set fire an altar, nothing happened. The Elijah prayed to God, threw water onto his altar, and God came in the form of fire and consumed the altar. Mr. Minkus’ visual for this lesson was us throwing stones into the lake at camp. This represented throwing all of our sins and worries away.

Slide To Destruction:


In this lesson we learned about the cycle of judges. Whenever the kings would do something bad like for instance if a king decided to worship idols a judge would come to fix what they were doing wrong. I reflected on this and I said, “the kings should’ve been more respectful of God because they were the ruler of a civilization”. This next part kinda relates to me because I play soccer. Mr. Minkus’ visual was a red card. He used this as a visual because a red card in a soccer game throws a player out of the game like they did to the king.

A Savior:


In this lesson we learned about Isaiah. In the Old Testament it hints at a new covenant in the New Testament. The new covenant is of course Jesus. I had a question instead of a question this time for my reflection. I asked myself, “how would God speak to Isaiah”. Maybe in signs or just verbally speak to him. This time Mr. Minkus’ visual was a communion table. This represented, well, what communion stands for, remembrance.