Category Archives: Deuteronomy
October 24, 2010 Surrender Your Ambitions (#10)
10.24.10 Sears commercial: “I want her life”, “I want her washer and dryer” Tenth commandment Dt. 5:21 “You shall not covet.” it is a summary commandment it is a heart commandment: internal Paul tells us in Romans 7 it was this command that showed him he was a sinner if you think you are keeping [...]
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October 17, 2010 Know the Truth (#9)
10.17.10 accusing my brother, lying to pastors, listening to gossip and adding to it “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.” Dt. 5:20 this commandment is about the courtroom telling a lie against someone in court, making a false charge Jewish courts were based on testimony you could not be convicted unless two [...]
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September 5, 2010 Stealing and Working (#8)
9.5.10 Dt. 5:19 “You shall not steal.” The Sportswriter pages 195-196 Most of us would claim not to be thieves but do you recognize yourself in this passage? the heart sin beneath the action of stealing is loving money and possessions more than God and loving money and possessions more than people all of us [...]
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August 1, 2010 Heart Adultery (#7)
8.1.10 Dt. 5:18; Genesis 39 The seventh commandment The Denial of Death won the pulitzer prize in 1974 by Ernest Becker Becker makes the argument that in our culture many people have given up on finding transcendent meaning in God or faith and are trying to find transcendence and meaning and even redemption in romantic [...]
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July 18, 2010 Enemies (#6)
7.18.10 Dt. 5:17 “you shall not murder” does not include capital punishment, war, or personal defense. We must talk about those things separately. We believe includes the killing of a fetus because the fetus is simply a young, unborn child. Also includes the killing of the sick and old. other crimes it includes are cruelty [...]
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