To Tell the Truth
byLove Letter #9, “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor,” by Carlton P. Byrd Early in my ministry, I stood up at…
Love Letter #9, “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor,” by Carlton P. Byrd Early in my ministry, I stood up at…
Love Letter #8 says, “Thou shalt not steal.” (Exodus 20:15.) Put another way, “Don’t take what’s not yours.” When our Creator gave this command,…
Love Letter #7 says, “Thou shalt not commit adultery.”1 Adultery comes from the Hebrew word, ne’ifa, and the standard interpretation is “intercourse between a…
Love Letter #6 says: “Thou shalt not kill.”¹ In other words, “you shall not murder.” Despite this admonition from God, the frequency of murder…
The first four love letters (commandments) that God gives us in Exodus 20:3-11 deal with our love for Him. The final six love letters…
I vividly remember the first date I had with my wife, Danielle. It was at Oakwood College (now University) in the College Skating Rink where…
The directive, “Watch your mouth,” has been uttered for many years by parents telling their children to watch what they say. If a child…
In God’s second “Love Letter” to His people as recorded in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:3-17), He says, “Thou shalt not make unto thee any…
In Exodus 20:3-17, we find the Ten Commandments as written with the finger of God to His people. These directives are not declarations of rules…
My adolescent years were ones in which the soon return of Jesus was imprinted in my mind like an indelible image etched on a printer’s…