Showing posts with label Ten Commandments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ten Commandments. Show all posts
Sunday, February 01, 2026

"Honor your father and mother" vs Going no-contact with parents

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There is a trend being promoted by some psychologists for young adults to cut all contact with parents: don't visit, don't call, don...
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Sunday, August 16, 2020

The spiritual foundation of the Ten Commandments

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"I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery." (Exodus 20:2) Depending on which tradition you ...
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Sunday, August 11, 2019

An Objective / Key Result Assessment of the Law - a framework for understanding other the Bible's own comments on the law

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For those not familiar with the Objectives and Key Results (OKR) management method, it takes the approach of clearly stating an objective an...
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Sunday, September 14, 2014

Teenagers and some thoughts about "Honor your father and mother"

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My regular readers will know that I teach a teenage Sunday school class. Today's main consideration was "what the law of God is rea...
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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Teenage Sunday School: David, Bathsheba, and the commandment nobody takes seriously

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This lesson worked out well in a classroom containing early teenagers and late pre-teens. They were already familiar with the ten commandmen...
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Sunday, October 07, 2012

Why Is Greed Called "Idolatry"?

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This is written in response to a post by Ryan Thomas Jones -- where I'm a little late to the conversation, but wanted to add some thoug...
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Sunday, July 15, 2012

New Testament Commentaries on the Ten Commandments

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Do not think that I have come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I have not come to destroy, but to fulfil.(Matthew 5:17) I am the L...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Should Christians keep the Sabbath?

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"The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." - Jesus (Mark 2:27) Most Christians have already heard the basic things t...
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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Heresy or orthodoxy? A question about the laws in the Torah

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Every now and then I post thoughts on things that may be considered heretical by some. As there's hardly a belief that isn't conside...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

God's Word as creative power: the 10 commandments

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I appreciate the patience of those who waited through various analytical posts. My next few are in a more edifying vein. The next several po...
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Saturday, November 25, 2006

Teenage Sunday School Considers Uses of the Law

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This is last week's lesson. It introduced them to the idea that the Ten Commandments and the Law in general have a purpose. The week p...
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Sunday, November 12, 2006

Teenage Sunday School Starts the Ten Commandments

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In the past few weeks we've made it all the way over to Exodus, hitting the highlights such as the Passover along the way. This week th...
Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Christian Art and the Graven Images Commandment

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Canterbury Cathedral, scenes from the Poor Man's Bible Window, circa 13th century, public domain Every once in awhile I forget that they...
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