Examine Yourself Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” If we do nothing to roll back the floodtide of sexual adventurism and repair the hedge of the seventh commandment, we will never be able to realize the full beauty of this great gift as God intended it. Ask the Lord to convict ...

Repairing the Hedge Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” All the laws related to the seventh commandment put up a hedge against sinful sexual inclinations, restraining the wanton and protecting the innocent while honoring the plan and purpose of God for sex. In our day we have allowed this hedge to fall ...

Law as Hedge Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” Sinful people need restraints to keep them from giving vent to their most pernicious and destructive desires. Laws keep us driving on the right side of the road, and for that we are glad. Rules and codes tell us how to build ...

Teach Them – While You Can Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” I’m all for sex ed. As long, of course, as the curriculum is grounded in the seventh commandment.  In the divine economy it is expected that parents will teach their children about sex, using this commandment, as well as the ...

Demeaning, Destructive, Insulting Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” Apart from its honorable use in marriage, all other expressions of sexual gratification are abominations and depravity. That will sound prudish and Puritanical to our free-wheeling generation, but it’s what the Bible teaches.  The various civil laws that elaborate the seventh commandment forbid everything ...

God’s Wisdom, Not Ours Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” How good and wise is the Lord, and how beautiful and mysterious are His ways.  Jesus is proof that the sexual urge can be reined in without sacrificing fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore (Ps. 16:11). The Lord commands us to bridle ...

The Sanctity of Sex Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” Sexual attraction is a powerful urge, so strong that it can reinforce itself with overwhelming affections, override sound reason, cancel out long-standing priorities and commitments, and pursue expression in a wide range of practices. God Himself has made the sexual drive what ...

The Gift of Sex . Praise God for the beauty and mystery of ...

Repairing the Hedge . We need to rebuild the hedge against sexual license....

A Hedge of Protection The Law of God is a hedge against corruption. ...