Consider what is simply called in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament- THE TEN WORDS. Both Judaism and Christianity count them as the foundational, moral principles expressing what is required in our relationship with God and with one another. What must we do to incorporate them as the guiding norms of our lives?

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What is the greatest event of your lifetime? Thirty four hundred years ago the founder of the Jewish nation asked this same question to a crowd of over two million founding citizens. How did they answer and does it compare with the incredible discoveries of our life time?

Beware! Our God is a jealous God. How could this kind of exclusiveness and intolerant narrowness ever be right?

More than five thousand years ago the Sumerian people nestled in the fertile plain between the Tigris and Euphrates gave us the gift of writing. The Egyptians at the other end of the Fertile Crescent gave us the gift of artistic culture and meticulously designed pyramids. But nestled in between these two lived a people who gave us a far more priceless gift. Who were these people and what gift is more priceless than writing and organized culture?

Radio telescopes probe deep into the vastness of the universe searching and listening for some voice, some evidence of intelligent life. This hunger for a voice from beyond lies deep in the human heart and is unique to our race. Is there life beyond this planet, beyond this present existence? Is there somebody bigger than you and I?

A soundbite generation. Apply this communication theory to your moral and spiritual training and it means that your pastor needs to package his material in a twenty minute, easy to digest, pep talk. Are you hungry for some meat you can get your teeth into?

Would you consider floggings, and rejection by his peers and family a life of comfort and ease? Maybe this idea of coming to Jesus in order to find and easy life hasn’t told us the Gospel truth.

Would you consider floggings, and rejection by his peers and family a life of comfort and ease? Maybe this idea of coming to Jesus in order to find and easy life hasn’t told us the Gospel truth.

Maybe when you think about your roots there were some bad decisions. Does this mean that you are locked into a life of failure?

Have you ever competed in a tug of war? Your triceps begin to shake and you don’t think you can hold on. Suddenly someone from the crowd yells for you to pull harder. Why don’t they top cheering and start pulling? You may have felt this same frustration in your work for the Lord. How can we learn not to get mad and quit but instead, help people to move out of the stands into the front lines of active service?