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4 stars
The 10 commandments, from ten to 1. Kind of a 'chart count down' of commandments. There is also an accompanying study guide, but I won't cover that here. I read this book because we are planning to run 'Just 10' in September - November 2010.
Each commandment is looked at using a similar approach. A detailed discussion of the problems caused by not following the commandment followed by some suggestions about how following the commandment may be achieved more successfully.
You can see from the book why the commandments are called 'Laws of Love'. They simply describe how life works, or rather how we'd all like it to work, so you don't have to be a Christian to read it, but it probably helps if you are.
I wouldn't describe this as an easy read. It should be read slowly and carefully. There will be times, I'm sure when you …
The 10 commandments, from ten to 1. Kind of a 'chart count down' of commandments. There is also an accompanying study guide, but I won't cover that here. I read this book because we are planning to run 'Just 10' in September - November 2010.
Each commandment is looked at using a similar approach. A detailed discussion of the problems caused by not following the commandment followed by some suggestions about how following the commandment may be achieved more successfully.
You can see from the book why the commandments are called 'Laws of Love'. They simply describe how life works, or rather how we'd all like it to work, so you don't have to be a Christian to read it, but it probably helps if you are.
I wouldn't describe this as an easy read. It should be read slowly and carefully. There will be times, I'm sure when you will want to stop and think about what he's saying. There were times when I wished he would go deeper, times when I wished he hadn't, and times when he really didn't need to.
Overall it does succeed in its aims of showing how the commandments are relevant today, and will always be.