Recently, one of my former students wrote to ask what my position was on Halloween. It is something I have always encouraged all of my students to do, when something piqued their interest and they were not quite sure what to make of whatever subject might be wafting through their…
Well, it seems that the Devil’s minions are in a panic these days over the recent alleged threats being leveled at Judge Matthew Barrett, et al, over him sentencing Mrs. Tina Peters. Peters was the Mesa County Colorado Clerk and Recorder who received a nine-year prison sentence at the hands…
Last night I was asked, rather disingenuously, whether I believed “that the Lord God Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth, has a candidate and party in US politics?!” It came in the context of arguing that what occurred, recently, with a Colorado clerk, Mrs. Tina Peters, being sentenced to nine…
The Tenth Commandment deals with evil desire or an illicit longing after something that someone else already owns or possesses. It is called coveting and reads thusly: You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or…
The actual rendering in most English versions of the Bible concerning the Ninth Commandment is, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” (Ex 20:16; Dt 5:20). But, bearing false witness against your neighbor amounts to lying about him or her with the express intent to cause mental, emotional,…
The eighth commandment also deals with relationships between humans, and of which they own as property, whether of their own identity or other things outside their immediate being. It is point-blank, straight forward, and simple. “You shall not steal” (Ex 20:15; Dt 5:19). Theft ranks right along with dealing falsely…
Adultery is not only a direct attack against what God has ordained to reflect his image in humanity, as one man and one woman compliment each other in a marital relationship, it is a direct attack upon civilized society as well. It is an act of unfaithfulness that entails a…
Probably one of the more familiar commandments that everyone is aware of is the Sixth Commandment: “You shall not murder” (Ex 20:13; Dt 5:17). The reason for this is that many assume that murder is the worst sin that a person could commit. Perhaps the idea of snuffing out the…
The fifth commandment shifts attention away from how humans are to relate to God to how humans are to relate to one another. More specifically, it starts out with how children are to relate to their parents. God wrote, “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be…
The fourth commandment also deals with the person of God and when to worship him. It is called the Sabbath day, and was to be set aside for a couple of reasons, although there is a certain level of flexibility built into it. The key, though, is to remember the…