Nine Commandments (maybe less)
I've been working on a prayerbook for my family to use for family prayer time. I put together a short liturgy and included some other prayers, such as the Breastplate of St. Patrick. And I included the Ten Commandments. I would guess if you were to ask any Christian person should we obey the Ten Commandments we might get an emphatic "yes". You might even get an emphatic "yes" out of mildly religious folks also. So let's review them: "And God spoke all these words, saying: 'I am the LORD your God …Almost all of these are really obvious -- no murdering, adultery, idolatry, stealing, lying, coveting, etc. But the Sabbath? Within my life and my networks, that is not on anyone's radar. No one I know is observing the Sabbath or conversing with me about their struggles with or thoughts about observing the Sabbath. How do we as Christians justify ignoring the Sabbath? What is our theological hermeneutic that allows us to not observe the Sabbath? |
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