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 […]
The freedom on the other side of the First Commandment
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” — Exodus 20:2 People look at the Ten Commandments and see a list of restrictions. God looks at them and sees a list of liberations. The First Commandment is not God fencing you in. […]
The test that tells you everything
“You shall have no other gods before me.” — Exodus 20:3 Here is a simple test that will tell you more about your spiritual condition than almost anything else. Look at your checkbook, or your bank statement, or wherever your money goes. Look at your calendar. Look at what you think about when you have […]