Give the other half one of the texts below it, and invite people to move around to find someone whose title-sentence matches their text. After a few minutes, four pairs can be asked to read aloud their statement about idolatry versus Jubilee. The facilitator may invite brief responses and discussion. Facilitator affirms the fact that this Bible study, and our coming together and being in a circle is a sign of how we begin to disempower the idols which dominate our lives. Others in the circle are invited to name other ways in which we can resist the idols in our midst.
Idols are social constructions.
The Jubilee vision affirms God as creator and liberator. In the Bible, idols are intended to represent materially the god that resides within. Yet, as the prophets remind us, they are human constructions and to recognize this liberates us from the enslaving power of the idols. The power of the market as idol lies in our forgetting that it is indeed a human construct. Idols fashion us in their own image.