Archive for April 2008

Acknowledgement: Thanks to Dean Malaxos. Input from his research was very helpful in writing this entry. We study the Ten Commandments for the same reason that we go to school—to learn the truth. The Bible teaches that the law was a schoolmaster, intended to bring people to faith in Christ (Galatians 3:24-25). And just like…

To rejoice in the truth is, first of all, to rejoice in honesty. The commandment says, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” (Exodus 20:16) God’s people love and appreciate honesty in themselves and in others. As Christians, we deal honestly with the subjects of life in an open but sensitive way. We…