God's Ten Words
Practical Applications from the Ten Commandments
- Why do we need God’s law?
- Insights from an all-star cast of biblical scholars
- God’s prescription for not only stopping culture’s decline, but of restoring it to God’s will
Home School & Worldview Discipleship Resources
For those who are looking for God’s PRESCRIPTION for how to improve culture, rather than a DESCRIPTION of how bad things are.
Table of Contents
Introduction
- Commands vs. Suggestions
- Truth vs. Toleration
- Christianity's Significant Difference
- Trust and Obey
- God’s Laws expand personal liberty
- In Summary – God’s Laws e-x-p-a-n-d personal liberty
- Check-Up from the Heart Up
- Sharpening Your Focus
- The Preface to the Moral Law
- ThinkAbout One -- The Law – Observed Long Before it was given on Mount Sinai
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
- The Chief Commandment
- The Only True God
- The Ten Commandments Subdue the Barbarians
- There Is No Neutrality
- Personally Accountable
- Cumulative Blessings, Cumulative Curses
- Civil Rights; Civil Liberties
- The Church Militant
- Sin Is The Problem
- BEFORE Christianity's Influence
- Check-Up from the Heart Up
- Sharpening Your Focus
- ThinkAbout Two-- Civil "Rights" and Civil "Liberties"
THE SECOND COMMANDMENT
- True Worship
- Preparing for Worship
- Paying attention in Worship
- After the Worship Service
- Visiting the Iniquity
- Idolatry
- BEFORE Christianity's Influence
- Check-Up from the Heart Up
- Sharpening Your Focus
- ThinkAbout Three-- Attempting to Serve Two Masters
THE THIRD COMMANDMENT
- Honor God's Name
- Ways God’s name can be taken in Vain
- Limited Laws Limit the State
- Affirm the Lordship of God
- Can't Fool God
- BEFORE Christianity's Influence
- Check-Up from the Heart Up
- Sharpening Your Focus
- ThinkAbout Four – The Civil Magistrate (The Establishment Principle)
THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT
- God's Weekly Sabbath
- Why was the Sabbath changed?
- Why Remember?
- Keeping the day Holy
- BEFORE Christianity's Influence
- Check-Up from the Heart Up
- Sharpening Your Focus
- ThinkAbout Five -- The Law as Direction and Life
- Introduction to the Second Table
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT
- Family Values
- Obedience and Submission
- Church and State -- Separate spheres, related mission
- "That your days will be prolonged."
- Objections
- Marching Orders
- BEFORE Christianity's Influence
- Check-Up from the Heart Up
- Sharpening Your Focus
- ThinkAbout Six-- Hallmarks of Civilized Behavior
THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
- Honoring God's Image Bearers
- God's Justice vs. Man's Autonomy
- Obedience Leads to Order
- Actions Flow from Thoughts
- Heroic Actions and Noble Deeds
- BEFORE Christianity's Influence
- Check-Up from the Heart Up
- Sharpening Your Focus
- ThinkAbout Seven -- Idea-ology vs. Ideal-ology
THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT
- Behaving with Integrity
- Divorce --- Re-marriage
- BEFORE Christianity's Influence
- Check-Up from the Heart Up
- Sharpening Your Focus
- ThinkAbout Eight -- Who says, "It's against the law?"
THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT
- Trust in God's Provision
- Respecting others
- Types of Theft
- State Oppression
- To-Do List
- BEFORE Christianity's Influence
- Check-Up from the Heart Up
- Sharpening Your Focus
- ThinkAbout Nine -- How Should We Interpret the Bible?
THE NINTH COMMANDMENT
- Speak the Truth
- Words Are Absolute
- Flattery
- BEFORE Christianity's Influence
- Check-Up from the Heart Up
- Sharpening Your Focus
- ThinkAbout Ten -- The Necessity of Humility
THE TENTH COMMANDMENT
- Selflessness not Selfishness
- The Whole Law is Spiritual
- BEFORE Christianity's Influence
- Check-Up from the Heart Up
- Sharpening Your Focus
- ThinkAbout Eleven -- The BIG Thing about Little Sins
Summary of Key Points
Bringing It All Together
Conclusion