I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US congress

Can we believe that the real God, if there is one, ever ordered a man to be killed simply for making hair oil, or ointment? We are told in the thirtieth chapter of Exodus, that...

DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number –just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice. Following is the revised edition of the Decalogue, calculated for...

Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source...

My usual instruction to students when they are preparing to write their examinations is “think before you answer the questions”. I am convinced that some multiple choice answers could be so close that you might...

To be commanded to love God at all, let alone in the wilderness, is like being commanded to be well when we are sick, to sing for joy when we are dying of thirst, to...

The ‘commandment’ of love is only possible because it is more than a requirement. Love can be ‘commanded’ because it has first been given.

It’s advice, not a commandment.Don’t swallow it whole until you’re absolutely sure you’ve been given good, healthy advice.

We shall not kill and maybe next time we even won’t.

Your very eyes. How they have always been for me the command to obey, the inviolable and beautiful commandment. No, no, I’m not telling lies. Your appearance in the doorway!…You have been my body’s health....

Wisdom gives us the understanding that God has given us commandments for our benefit.