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This commandment that is most often directed toward children has a great deal of application for adults. The honoring of parents pertains not only to the obedience of the child, but also to the respect and care due to parents as he or she moves into...

This commandment that is most often directed toward children has a great deal of application for adults. The honoring of parents pertains not only to the obedience of the child, but also to the respect and care due to parents as he or she moves into...

The necessity of having Jesus buried before the Sabbath informs us that the question in the NT is not whether the Sabbath is still valid, but rather what does “keeping” it look like. Jesus clearly doesn’t follow the traditional rules or the...

Sabbath rest has a built-in deterrent to making idols out of our work, but that is not to say that it devalues work. In fact, the need for and gift of rest assumes a strong work ethic from which one needs rest. The poetry and Psalms of the OT have...

The Sabbath is not only a deterrent to idolizing work, but also one for idolizing worldly things. In the OT prophets and the narrative of Nehemiah the observing or disregarding of the Sabbath creates a contrast of blessing and curse that the Sabbath...

The Sabbath is not only a deterrent to idolizing work, but also one for idolizing worldly things. In the OT prophets and the narrative of Nehemiah the observing or disregarding of the Sabbath creates a contrast of blessing and curse that the Sabbath...

The Fourth Command is a word about Time: time set aside for rest and time set aside to honor the Lord and remember his mighty deeds. Specific applications of this command in the Laws extend to everyday citizens, workers, animals, and the land. While...

The Fourth Command is a word about Time: time set aside for rest and time set aside to honor the Lord and remember his mighty deeds. Specific applications of this command in the Laws extend to everyday citizens, workers, animals, and the land. While...

Oddly enough, most people today connect the third commandment with swearing in the sense of profanity, and that we should NOT do it. While we agree with the idea, we disagree that this is chiefly what the third commandment is about. In actuality, this...

With so much attention given to the name of the Lord in the Old Testament, the casual New Testament reader might wonder what connection exists between the third commandment and the work of Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus himself often mentioned that the work...