What We Might Have Done The eighth commandment Exodus 20.15; Deuteronomy 5.19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22.6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.” Making restitution. What we might ...

What We Did The eighth commandment Exodus 20.15; Deuteronomy 5.19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22.6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.” We made everyone bear the burden ...

Isn’t This Backwards? The eighth commandment Exodus 20.15; Deuteronomy 5.19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22.6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.” And we love them for it? Another ...

Stealing, Pure and Simple The eighth commandment Exodus 20.15; Deuteronomy 5.19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22.6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.” Pity the thieves? The Law of ...

Economics Upside-down The eighth commandment Exodus 20.15; Deuteronomy 5.19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22.6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.” You mean, take responsibility? When I think of ...

Passing Away, or Getting Brighter? The seventh commandment Exodus 20.14; Deuteronomy 5.18 “And you shall not commit adultery.” 1 John 2.15-17 "Do not love the world or the things in the world…For all that is in the world – the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in ...

New Soul, New Life The seventh commandment Exodus 20.14; Deuteronomy 5.18 “And you shall not commit adultery.” Ezekiel 36.26, 27 “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart ...

Self-correcting The seventh commandment Exodus 20.14; Deuteronomy 5.18 “And you shall not commit adultery.” Psalm 119.59, 60 "When I think on my ways, I turn my feet to your testimonies; I hasten and do not delay to keep your commandments" Correcting a sinful heart. Each of us is responsible for what we allow to settle ...

Screen Savers The seventh commandment Exodus 20.14; Deuteronomy 5.18 “And you shall not commit adultery.” Psalm 101.2, 3 "I will ponder the way that is blameless…I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me." What’s on your ...

Anticipate the Traps The seventh commandment Exodus 20.14; Deuteronomy 5.18 “And you shall not commit adultery.” Proverbs 1.17 "For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird…" Watch where you walk. So how do we practice the kind of self-watch over our hearts that can help them to function as they ...