Ten Words: VIII. You Shall Not Steal

The Eighth Commandment: “Thou Shall Not Steal” goes beyond wrongfully taking someone’s goods, and extends to wages, buying and even intangibles such as stealing someone’s dignity. The New Testament extends this command in the positive when it instructs us to be generous. We are to become ‘givers’ rather than ‘takers’.

Ten Words: VII. You Shall Not Commit Adultery

In this message we will explore the command not to commit adultery. We’ll go further with Jesus’ teaching concerning lust and how it leads to all kinds of societal problems, such as the treatment of women as products, endangers our children, and dehumanizes others. Ultimately we will summarize with the call to practice marriage as a spiritual discipline.

Ten Words: VI. You Shall Not Murder

Looking at the 6^th commandment and exploring Jesus’ call to go even further by rooting out anger and malice from our hearts. This message also presents two Christian traditions concerning violence: Non-violent Resistance and Just War Theory.

Being Human Again

This message is about the significance of Christ becoming fully human so that we might become fully human again as well.

Steve Armfeild: Broken Pots and New Lives

Pastor Steve Armfield was our guest speaker April 1, 2012.