1. “Boys throw stones at frogs for fun,
But the frogs don’t die for ‘fun,’ but in sober earnest.”
~Bion of Borysthenes

2. “By nature Christians are the most forgiving, understanding and thoughtful group of people I’ve ever dealt with. They never assume the worst at the get-go, they appreciate the importance of having different perspectives, they’re slow to anger, quick to forgive and almost never make rash judgments or act in anything less than a spirit of total love. No, wait — I’m thinking of Labrador retrievers.”
~David Learn

3. “at dawn… he sat down to teach…”
John 8:1-11
“at dawn… he sat down to teach…”
“If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father and mother, who does not heed them when they discipline him, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his town at the gate of that place. They shall say to the elders of his town,
‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’ (Luke 7:33-35) Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death. So you purge the evil in your midst; and all Israel will hear, and be afraid.” Deut. 21:18-21

4. What did Jesus write?
“Lord, you are the hope of Israel;     all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust     because they have forsaken the Lord,     the spring of living water.”
~Jeremiah 17:13
“When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.”
~Exodus 31:18

5. Exam our own attitudes & actions
8:3 Collectively enforced hierarchy that uses aggression to assert dominance (“teachers of the law & Pharisees” – a culure)
Abuse & Our Culture
of bigotry, condemnation
& violence – “as American as apple pie”
~Kerner Commission
Exam our own attitudes & actions
“Go now and leave your life of sin.” ~Jesus
Jesus does not condemn nor condone!