Tag Archives: commandments

Exodus 20:12 Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Recently I spent a holiday visiting my parents in Sydney. They are in their mid-eighties now and like many that age, have their fair share of ...

Love thy neighbor (Mark 12:31) is basically a common and familiar verse, that most people, even those who don’t have a concrete and absolute understanding of the Bible, recognize. But do we really grasp the meaning behind that scripture, and commandment from the LORD? First off – Jesus spoke these ...

And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.”  Matthew 10:14  As disciples of Christ, all Christians are called to some form of evangelism.  Not all are gifted in this area, but when we ...

In the book of Deuteronomy, Moses wrote an exciting recap for the Jewish people of all that God did throughout their journey from bondage in Egypt until they prepared to enter the Promised Land.  Every time I read this awesome book, I realize again how much God loves people–especially His ...

Most parents soon learn that their children imitate what they do more often than they listen to what they say. Who hasn’t had an embarrassing moment with their child when an inappropriate word or behavior was mimicked? Though we’d like to believe our children listen to what we say in ...