Exodus 20:16 ESV16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Dear Friends in Christ, Most of you here today have probably heard the phrase, “the shot heard round the world,” and you might even remember from your days in history class that this was the first shot fired in Boston back in April of…
Exodus 24:8-18 (ESV)8 And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, 10 and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet…
Exodus 20:15 (ESV)15 “You shall not steal. As best as I can recall, it happened to me the first time during my 3rd year of college. I was living in a dorm at that time attending Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne, IN, a Lutheran college that was geared primarily toward the training of future pastors.…
Exodus 40:34-38 (ESV) The Glory of the Lord34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people…
Ex. 20:14 Exodus 20:14 ESV 14 “You shall not commit adultery. Dear Friends in Christ, Just when you think you’ve heard it all, something comes along that lets you know you haven’t. That happened to me recently when I read an article about an online dating service that caters – are you ready for this –…
Exodus 20:13 13 “You shall not murder. Dear Friends in Christ, I came across a true story recently about a 19 year old fellow from Washington, D.C. who was driving around our nation’s capital one day and according to his own testimony, he was bored. So when he saw a 36 year old woman sitting…
Exodus 20:12 12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. Dear Friends in Christ, Some years ago I read a great book written by a fellow named Dr. Kevin Leman. He is a very funny yet very wise Christian psychologist and a prolific author of more…
Exodus 20:8-11 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in…
Exodus 20:7 7 “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. Dear Friends in Christ, During my first 4 years of college, I always had a challenge awaiting me at the end of each school year. I would return home to where my parents were…
Exodus 20:3 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. Dear Friends in Christ, The year was 1924 and the Olympic Games were to be held in Paris, France. A new sport had been added that year to the list of international competitions and that was the sport of canoe racing. The team that was favored…