Christian Morals

I noticed something very interesting during the "children's moment" at church last Sunday. I attend a Presbyterian church, and during the service, the minister (or other member of the congregation) takes a moment to give a child-geared lesson. Last Sunday, our minister told the story of David and Goliath, and the thing I noticed was that it was difficult for him to use this story as an example of Christian Life. And not surprisingly, either. The story is about killing another person. Killing people is not something we want to praise in our church, and telling kids, no less, that God helped as young boy kill an enemy isn't considered a ------

Our pastor avoided using any language that admitted that anyone had died. David was to "take on" Goliath (he didn't even "fight" him), and in the end (after a pause on the part of the pastor), Goliath was "defeated." He was not slain, killed, destroyed or vanquished. Not last Sunday, anyway.