The Architects of Babel The coveting Hall of Shame, Series 1 The tenth commandment Exodus 20.17; Deuteronomy 5.21 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, his house, his field, his male or female servant, his ox or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” Genesis 11.4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves ...

Cain The coveting Hall of Shame, Series 1 The tenth commandment Exodus 20.17; Deuteronomy 5.21 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, his house, his field, his male or female servant, his ox or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” Genesis 4.6 The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why ...

Adam and Eve The coveting Hall of Shame, Series 1 The tenth commandment Exodus 20.17; Deuteronomy 5.21 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, his house, his field, his male or female servant, his ox or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” Genesis 3.6 "So when the woman saw that the tree was ...

The Shelter of the Word The ninth commandment Exodus 20.16; Deuteronomy 5.20 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” Psalm 12.6, 7 "The words of the, LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. You, O LORD, will keep them; you will guard ...

Everyone Lies, Right? The ninth commandment Exodus 20.16; Deuteronomy 5.20 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” Psalm 12.1, 2 "Help, LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...