The Ten Commandments: 10 The tenth and final commandment given to Moses by God on Mt. Sinai is: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” In many ways […]
Monthly Archives: December 2012
The Ten Commandments #9: The ninth commandment given to Moses by the Lord on Mt. Sinai is “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” This commandment is not simply meant for the neighbors that live near you but for everyone with whom you are in contact. As we are reminded when someone asked […]
Friday was a long and dark day for our country. The senseless violence that we saw on the news reminded us that life is quite precious and that any moment of any day can be our last on this earth. 26 precious people created in the image and likeness of God were struck down by […]
Today is stewardship Sunday at St. George. As you might remember when we first arrived I promised you that I would only preach about financial giving when the gospel or epistle reading focus on that subject or when there was a special need. Today falls under the category of special need because it is the […]
The eighth commandment given to Moses by the Lord on Mt. Sinai is “You shall not steal.” Like many of the commandments it requires us to dig deep and search our hearts. Most of us are law-abiding citizens not prone to violence or theft or any similar infractions. The thing about the commandments is that […]