This eight week study for small groups challenges Christians to
re-examine popular stances on the issues touched by the Ten
commandments. Maxie Dunnam and Kimberly Dunnam Reisman offer
reflections on the Ten COmmandments as these biblical laws
intersect contemporary life. The father and daughter writing
team helps readers recognize that the deep meaning that the Ten
Commandments contain. For example, they discuss the implications
of the commandments that prohibits the making of idols and point
out that we can make an idol of nearly anything, including
security, money, houses, sex, cars, and clothing. Here the
authors help readers see that such idol-making relates to our
lack of trust in God. In writing about the sixth commandment
[Thou shalt not kill] the authors point out that people tend to
dismiss this commandment. Yet they remind us of the sacred
nature of the life that God gives as they discuss wrongful
killing, capital punishment, euthanasia, abortion, and war.
Throughout the book, the authors connect w