Download or read book The Relevance of the Ten Commandments in Today s Society written by Cesar Castro and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-04-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Relevance of the Ten Commandments in Today's Society." This book really opened my eyes to the importance of these age-old principles in our modern world. The author does a fantastic job of breaking down each commandment and explaining how it can still be applied to our lives today. I appreciated how the book not only delves into the moral and ethical implications of the commandments, but also discusses their practical applications in our everyday lives. The author provides thought-provoking insights and encourages readers to reflect on how they can incorporate these principles into their own decision-making. Overall, I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to deepen their understanding of the Ten Commandments and their relevance in today's society. It's a thoughtful and engaging read that will leave you with a new perspective on these timeless teachings.

Download or read book The Ten Commandments written by Dr. Laura Schlessinger and published by Dr. Laura Schlessinger. This book was released on 1999-08-18 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ten Commandments are the first direct communication between a people and God. Designed to elevate our lives above mere frantic, animal existence to the sublime levels humanity is capable or experiencing, they are the blueprint of God's expectations of us and His plan for a meaningful, just, loving, and holy life. Each commandment asserts a principle, and each principle is a moral focal point for real-life issues relating to God, family, sex, work, charity, property, speech, and thought. Written in collaboration with Rabbi Stewart Vogel, The Ten Commandments incorporates lively discussion of the Bible and the Judeo-Christian values derived from it. Filled with passion, emotion, and profound insights, it will move, enlighten, inspire, entertain, and educate you on the meaning each commandment has in our daily lives today: I am the Lord, your God, Who has taken you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. You shall not recognize the gods of others in My presence. You shall not take the Name of the Lord., your God, in vain. Remember the Sabbath day and sanctify it. Honor your Father and your Mother. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your fellow. You shall not covet.

Download or read book Words of Life written by Adam Hamilton and published by Convergent Books. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if the Ten Commandments were not just a set of ancient rules, but a guide to experiencing the good life today? “Adam Hamilton is a teacher of the highest order, able to bridge the gap between very old divine teaching and very current human reality.”—Barbara Brown Taylor, author of Always a Guest: Speaking of Faith Far from Home Nearly everyone has heard of the Ten Commandments, the list of “thou-shalt-nots” found in the Bible. Jesus saw these commandments not as onerous burdens, but as guideposts to help us experience a good and beautiful life. These ten ancient “words” were given to us by a loving God who longed to set safe boundaries, create order out of chaos, help communities live peacefully, and protect us—often from ourselves. In this book of Scripture and inspiration, bestselling author Adam Hamilton brings modern eyes to the most important set of ethics in history. He considers the commandments in their historical context, considering the meaning of each commandment in Hebrew, unpacking how Jesus reinterpreted them, and showing how every thou-shalt-not was intended to point to a life-giving “thou shalt.” He also explores how the latest research in science and psychology illuminates these commandments, rightly understood, as a way of ordering one's life beautifully in the present day. In a culture marked by workaholism, materialism, and social media-driven envy, God has given us a time-tested path that leads to gratitude, confidence, and peace. A landmark work from one of our most trusted biblical thinkers, Words of Life is an inspiring, thought-provoking read for anyone seeking to live a meaningful and joyful life.

Download or read book The Ten Commandments and Human Rights written by Walter J. Harrelson and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ten Commandments and Human Rights sets out to evaluate the importance of the Ten Commandments for the life of faith today. The general thesis is that the commandments are immensely important not only for Jews and Christians, but for all persons seeking to find or to reaffirm a moral foundation for their life and for the life of their children, their religious community, and their society.The fact that the commandments are put negatively is immensely important, for it means that the community that claims these commandments and builds on them has to work out for itself the positive import of not having other gods, not worshipping idols, not profaning the sabbath, not killing and stealing, and committing adultery. Put negatively, these commitments become the groundwork for a humanly free and responsible search for the will of God for individual, family, and corporate life today and in any day.It is true that the commandments originate in ancient Israel, are central to the faith of prophets, priests, and sages, and are claimed and made foundational by Jesus for the Christian community. But these commandments also share much with, for example, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which has been presented by the United Nations for adoption by all the nations of earth.The Ten Commandments and Human Rights seeks to show how to avoid moralistic use of the Ten Commandments in religious life today while still affirming that there are absolutely foundational prohibitions that can and must guide the moral life of all peoples. The Ten Commandments need very little revision in order to become such a foundation for a free and responsible life today.

Download or read book Irresistible written by Andy Stanley and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh look at the earliest Christian movement reveals what made the new faith so compelling...and what we need to change today to make it so again. Once upon a time there was a version of the Christian faith that was practically irresistible. After all, what could be more so than the gospel that Jesus ushered in? Why, then, isn't it the same with Christianity today? Author and pastor Andy Stanley is deeply concerned with the present-day church and its future. He believes that many of the solutions to our issues can be found by investigating our roots. In Irresistible, Andy chronicles what made the early Jesus Movement so compelling, resilient, and irresistible by answering these questions: What did first-century Christians know that we don't—about God's Word, about their lives, about love? What did they do that we're not doing? What makes Christianity so resistible in today's culture? What needs to change in order to repeat the growth our faith had at its beginning? Many people who leave or disparage the faith cite reasons that have less to do with Jesus than with the conduct of his followers. It's time to hit pause and consider the faith modeled by our first-century brothers and sisters who had no official Bible, no status, and little chance of survival. It's time to embrace the version of faith that initiated—against all human odds—a chain of events resulting in the most significant and extensive cultural transformation the world has ever seen. This is a version of Christianity we must remember and re-embrace if we want to be salt and light in an increasingly savorless and dark world.

Download or read book Illustrative Notes written by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Ten Commandments written by Glenn Pease and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know the Ten Commandments? Do you know they are still as important as the ever were? The Ten Commandments are a big part of your life, even if you don't think they are. Most of the laws of man are based on the laws handed down from God that are the Ten Commandments. Without the law there is no sin, there is no breaking the law. We have to have something to base our laws on. All modern societies in the world, Christian or not, base most of their laws on these laws from God. Why are more people moving away from God and the laws of God? The problem is that society has started to change them because they don't like the laws that interfere with the things they like to do. Society is getting to the point where anything anyone wants to do is becoming ok. Many people break them and don't even think they are breaking them. It's like speeding in your car. Most people that speed are generally law abiding people that just don't think speeding is breaking the law, but it is against the law. Do you know what the Ten Commandments are? "You shall have no other God before me. (God the creator) "You shall not make any graven images to worship "You shall not take the name of the Lord in vain "Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy "Honor your Father and Mother "You shall not murder "You shall not commit adultery "You shall not steal "You shall not bear false witness (lie) "You shall not covet your neighbors wife or any of his things Learn why we need them and why they are very relevant today.

Download or read book Ten Words to Live By written by Jen Wilkin and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New from the Best-Selling Author of Women of the Word Christianity isn't about following rules, it's about a relationship. The rise in popularity of this phrase coincides with a growing disinterest and misunderstanding regarding the role of God's life-giving, perfect law in the Christian life. Rather than the source of joy it was intended to be, the law is viewed as an angry god's restrictions for a rebellious people. In Ten Words to Live By, Jen Wilkin presents a fresh biblical look at the Ten Commandments, showing how they come to bear on our lives today as we seek to love God and others, to live in joyful freedom, and to long for that future day when God will be rightly worshiped for eternity. Learn to see the law of God as a feast for your famished soul, open to anyone who calls on the name of the Lord.

Download or read book The Ten Commandments and Modern Society written by Stephen K. McDowell and published by Providence Foundation. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Ten Commandments written by David Hazony and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part memoir, part scholarship, part manifesto for a vital approach to life, David Hazony’s book tackles some of the most painful human questions that stand at the heart of who we are as modern, thinking people and offers answers that are sure to start a new discussion about the meaning of one of our most enduring, yet least understood, traditions. Across the Western World, the Ten Commandments have become a source of both inspiration and controversy, whether in Supreme Court rulings, in film and literature, or as a religious icon gracing houses of worship of every Christian and Jewish denomination. But what do the commandments really stand for? According to polls, less than half of all Americans can even name more than four of them. Fewer still can name all ten or have a clear idea of the ideals they were meant to promote. For most of us, agnostics and faithful alike, they have been relegated to the level of a symbol, and the teachings they contain are all but forgotten. In Western life today, the Ten Commandments are everywhere— except where we need them most. In The Ten Commandments, David Hazony offers a powerful new look at our most venerable moral text. Combining a fresh reading of the Old Testament’s most riveting stories and ancient rabbinic legends with a fearless exploration of what ails society today, Hazony shows that the Ten Commandments are not just a set of obscure laws but encapsulate a deeply valuable approach to life—one that is as relevant now as it was when they first appeared more than two millennia ago.

Download or read book Ten written by Mary Elizabeth Sperry and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The words OTen CommandmentsO conjure memories of the booming, majestic voice of God and ancient laws. The Ten Commandments, writes Sperry, remain important because they teach habits to develop a right relationship with God, self, and others.

Download or read book Thy Will Be Done written by Gilbert Meilaender and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This short, accessible, but theologically substantive volume unfolds the significance of the Ten Commandments for the Christian life. Gilbert Meilaender, one of today's leading Christian ethicists, places the commandments in the larger context of the biblical history of redemption and invites readers to wrestle with how human loves should relate to the first commandment: to love God above all else. As he approaches the Decalogue from this perspective, Meilaender helps Christians learn what it means to say, "Thy will be done."

Download or read book The Relevance of the Ten Commandments written by Phil and Patti Moore and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-06 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid thunder, lightning, smoke, and trumpet blasts the fiery mountain trembled and quaked as Moses prepared to meet with God. The commands that Moses received were inscribed by the finger of God - the Ten Commandments - instructions to govern all mankind. So simple and yet so deep. Are these commandments even relevant in our modern society today? Aren't most of them just a bunch of archaic rules? Don't they need to be amended to address the current culture, customs, and circumstances? Do we even know what they mean exactly? For example, consider the first and second commandments; you shall have no other gods before me and you shall not make an idol and bow down and worship it. Don't they mean essentially the same thing? Once we examine these two commandments in context with other Scripture, we discover they are not the same. What does the third commandment mean when it says we are not to take the name of the Lord in vain? It may not be what you think! How about the fourth commandment to honor the Sabbath day? When are we supposed to honor the weekly Sabbath; Saturday, Sunday, when? How do we reconcile the death penalty with the sixth commandment you shall not kill? What is the true meaning of the word covet in the tenth commandment?This booklet will guide you through the meanings of the Hebrew words that shed light on what the commandments really mean. Are they relevant today? Jesus thought so.John 14:15 If you love Me, keep My commandments.

Download or read book The Ten Commandments written by United Church of God and published by United Church of God. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can you find a proven source for lasting standards and values? God revealed the heart of His standards--the Ten Commandments--long ago at Mount Sinai. But what sets them apart from man-made rules and guidelines? What do they reveal about nature of God Himself. In this booklet you'll discover the answers to these questions and more. Inside this booklet:- The First Commandment: What Is Our Greatest Priority?- The Second Commandment: What Is God Like?- The Third Commandment: From Profanity to Praise- The Fourth Commandment: Key to a Relationship With Our Creator- The Fifth Commandment: A Foundation for Success- Sixth Commandment: Life Is a Precious Gift- Seventh Commandment: Protect the Marital Relationship- Eighth Commandment: Practice Giving Rather Than Getting- Ninth Commandment: Truth as a Way of Life- Tenth Commandment: True Righteousness Comes From the Heart- Does the New Covenant Abolish the Commandments?[ View or download other free booklets at www.ucg.org ]

Download or read book The Ten Commandments written by Billy Graham and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Ten Commandments in a Changing World written by Isaac Klein and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Download or read book Written upon the Heart written by Anthony J. Tomasino and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-11-19 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often viewed as the archaic rules of a civilization long past, the Ten Commandments have been pushed aside and ignored by modern society. Even strong Christians maintain a diverse collection of opinions about the Ten Commandments--a miracle cure-all, a holy obligation, laws irrelevant in an age of grace, and many more. No matter how they are viewed, these deceptively simple words are packed with meaning and hold a power and significance many Christians have lost sight of. Written Upon the Heart reveals the necessity of God's Law for contemporary believers by studying the historical purpose, meaning, and modern relevance of the Commandments. Presented with rich background and compelling humor, Written upon the Heart shows that the words of God should not just be read or simply commited to memory, but written upon the heart of every believer. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people." --Jeremiah 31:33