October 30 HC #108 – Genesis 4:17-26 Genesis 4 gives us a list of descendants of Cain. This list really culminates in Lamech. Lamech displays for us the height of unfaithfulness to God and serves to illustrate the state of the world heading into... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 29 HC #108 – Hosea 2:1-13 The seventh commandment teaches us that “all unchastity is accursed of God”. All unchastity. Hosea is one of the books that shows the depth of God’s displeasure with unchastity. It does so by comparing the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 27 HC #107 – Romans 12:10-19 We are commanded to show patience, peace, meekness, mercy, and kindness as well as prevent our neighbor’s hurt as much as possible in the 6th commandment. Romans 12:10-18 is one of those places where we... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 28 HC #107 – Matthew 5:43-48 God makes the sun and rain come to both the just and the unjust. Jesus here holds that up to us as an example of our behavior. We, as sons of God, must act as our Father in heaven acts, and he shows mercy... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 25 HC #106 – James 3:13-18 The law is concerned with the heart. Even commands like “Thou shalt not murder” really aim at the heart and not simply some external action. For in the end all external actions come from the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 26 HC #107 – Galatians 6:1-2 Is this commandment “Thou Shalt Not Murder” really only about killing others? Is it so simple to keep as to avoid harming another? No. This commandment goes much further than that. It requires... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 24 HC#106 – Leviticus 19:17-18 This commandment is not only about killing but about understand what is at the root of both ourselves and of God. We cannot go about hating or thinking about revenge. We naturally hate God and our... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 23 HC #105 – Genesis 9:1-7 The magistrate is given the sword, the power to take life in order to stop others from taking life. The magistrate is supposed to stop people from killing. That is one of the main jobs of the magistrate.... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 22 HC #105 – I Samuel 31:1-7 One of the things forbidden in the “Thou Shalt not murder” 6th commandment is self murder. Sometimes we call this suicide. And this does not mean simply killing yourself by your own hand.... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
October 21 HC #105 – Matthew 5:21-22 Thou shalt not murder. It is a straightforward commandment that most people do not break. Well, they think they do not break it. They think this because they view the commandment as only outward. But like... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
