The parable of the prodigal son has inspired many books. We can be sure that the father who waited for his son was a praying parent. Nothing but God’s intervention would have brought the son ho…

If the family is the bedrock of society, it stands to reason that stable marriages are the bedrock of the family. That’s why divorce is so damaging. In divorce, there are no winners. In this me…

For over half the population, marriage is on the rocks, leaving a trail of sorrow, bitterness, and wounded relationships. The word of God has much to say about making marriage work, and in this messa…

If your marriage is in trouble, you’ve come to the right place. In this message you’ll hear teaching that could help you come back from the brink. You’ll find principles to guide yo…

Keeping marriages together is the key to keeping society from crumbling. The family is in big trouble, and it’s up to believers in Christ to demonstrate marital and family wholeness. Listening …

The great moral code God gave to Moses contains principles for governing our relationships with God and with each other. That code shows us who we are, and more importantly, who God is. In this messa…

According to the law of gravity, when you drop a stone, it falls to the ground. On this earth, that law is immutable. God’s moral law has the same force. The commandments He gave to Moses defin…

When confronted by the standards of God, we are shown to be dead, deceived, and deluded.  God’s moral laws, as laid out in The Ten Commandments, were given to Moses to reveal first God&rsq…

God does not tolerate competition. He wants to be supreme in our lives, and He made that clear by writing on a tablet of stone the first of the Ten Commandments. It’s commandment number one for…

God rightfully demands our full allegiance and focus. “No competition is allowed,” according to the first of the Ten Commandments. Yet people today worship almost anything except the true…

It’s in the nature of man to worship something, even deities made of wood and stone—or money, technology, and power. But God makes it clear that we humans have a Creator who will not tole…

Is a picture ever wrong? We need to understand God’s commands prohibiting images meant to represent Him. People disobey this commandment daily, giving their worship to a vast array of idols, ca…

“I am the Lord, that is My name. My glory I will not give to another, neither My praise to graven images.” There is no ambiguity here. It’s clear that God will not tolerate the wors…

God’s prohibition of graven images was for our own good as well as for His glory. However innocuous, any image of God can become an idol, and God is firmly against idolatry. How serious is this…

Christians know that God’s name is holy, and is not to be misused by swearing, cursing, or improper oath-taking. Keeping His name set apart was so important to God that He wrote a command about…

When famous celebrities’ names are dragged through the mud, they sue for slander. But those who worry about their own names are often careless about how they use God’s name. Still, God ho…

When someone sues you for slander, you might be fined for defaming a good name. But what’s the penalty for slandering God? The commandment to not take His name in vain goes to the core of His n…

A century ago, British Olympian Eric Liddell shocked the world by refusing to run on Sunday. Eric was made famous in the movie “Chariots of Fire,” holding fast to his conviction that the …

God made it clear that all of us need to observe a day of rest. The concept is so important that He made it into one of the Ten Commandments. But now, Sunday is just another day to shop, work, or be …

If you’ve ever watched a professional athlete, you know that eventually they need to take a break. We, like athletes, need rest, and God commanded that we should take that rest every week. The …

Murder: it’s now so common that we often aren’t fazed by it much anymore. But the taking of innocent life breaks one of the cardinal commandments of God. And since Roe versus Wade, that c…

A central commandment of the Law of God is the prohibition against murder. Yet hundreds of people are killed every year in each of our major cities. Life is cheap and gets cheaper when convicted kill…

As Creator, God sets the rules. He decreed that murder violates one of His prime commandments and must be repaid accordingly. And since our justice system often fails to do this, life loses the value…