Love the name, live the name, lean on the name
“Whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” — Colossians 3:17 If the Third Commandment tells us what not to do with God’s name, the New Testament is full of instruction about what to do with it. And what […]
The name above every name
“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.” — Exodus 20:7 A name is never just a label. It represents everything the person behind it is: their character, their reputation, their authority. When you sign your […]
True worship is spirit and truth
“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” — John 4:24 When Jesus met the Samaritan woman at the well, she tried to turn the conversation into a theological debate about the right place to worship. Jerusalem or Mount Gerizim. Which was it? And Jesus refused the debate entirely. […]
What you worship is what you become
“You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God.” — Exodus 20:5 Here is one of the most sobering truths in Scripture: you become what you worship. It is not merely that your worship reflects who you are. Your worship shapes who you are […]
Image is everything, and that is the problem
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.” — Exodus 20:4 There was a famous commercial in the Eighties featuring tennis star Andre Agassi with the tagline: “Image […]