1.7 Loyalty to God

• Forms of idol worship and religious extremism today
• Discerning idol worship, cults and ungodly groups
• Elijah's fight against Baalism: 1 Kings 18
• Elijah's flight to Mount Horeb: 1 Kings 19
• Elijah's fight against injustice: 1 Kings 21
• Values and life skills for addressing social injustice

• identify forms of idol worship and religious extremism in the society today
• outline ways of discerning idol worship and ungodly groups as a Christian
• analyse Elijah's fight against Baalism in Israel
• appraise circumstances surrounding Elijah's flight to Mount Horeb
• analyse Elijah's fight against injustices in Israel
• explore values and life skills needed to address social injustices in the society today
• desire to promote social justice at home, school and in the community

“How do you avoid cults, religious extremism, radicalisation and devil worship?”

“How does idol worship affect one's faith?”

“How has materialism affected the society today?”

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1. Idol worship and religious extremism today, and how to discern them
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   The forms idolatry takes now, how cults and extremism operate, and the tests scripture gives for discerning them.
2. Elijah's fight against Baalism, and his flight to Horeb
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   The background to Baal worship in Israel, the contest on Mount Carmel, and what happened to Elijah afterwards.
3. Elijah and the injustice against Naboth, and justice today
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   The seizure of Naboth's vineyard, the injustices involved, Elijah's confrontation, and the values and skills needed to address injustice now.
4. Elijah at Kerith and Zarephath: loyalty in famine
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   1 Kings 17: the drought, ravens at the brook, and a Sidonian widow whose last meal and raised son come before Carmel.
5. Materialism as idolatry, and what it has done to society
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Colossians 3:5 and Matthew 6:24 applied to corruption, betting, exploitation and land grabbing in Kenya, with Ahab's vineyard as the end of the chain.
6. Avoiding cults, extremism and radicalisation
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   How recruiters work online and off, the scriptural tests already learned, and the ordinary protections: people, time, a checkable Bible, and a trusted adult.
7. The remnant and Elisha: ordinary loyalty after Horeb
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Seven thousand who had not bowed, the commission to anoint, and Elisha leaving the plough - loyalty that is not only fire on Carmel.
8. Promoting justice at home, school and in the community
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   The desire outcome of the sub-strand: values and lawful channels for a Grade 10 learner, with Naboth as the warning against both silence and recklessness.