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Relief sculpture, 14th century. Monastery of St. Jacob Saviour. St. Dimitry Church, Rostov, Russia."Monastery of St. Jacob Saviour. St. Dimitry Cathedral" by Shesmax is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
1. What do you notice in this work of art?
2. How does adoration or devotion to an object, ideal, or god affect a person’s lifestyle? Give an example.
3. Choose a or b below:
a. Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky said, “Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than to find as quickly as possible someone to worship.” Do you agree? Why or why not?
b. In the Bible, Paul wrote to the Macedonian Christians saying, “You turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God”
(1 Thessalonians 1:9). Why would people turn from their cultural norm of worshiping objects to worshiping the living and true God?
4. The relief sculpture on this card tells of the Hebrew people who built and worshiped a golden calf instead of worshiping the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth. It was the Lord that delivered the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt. Draw a picture or find a digital image of what comes to mind when you hear the word worship.
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