A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: True Worship (20:22-26)

Our worship must be about honoring God in the way He describes rather than our own concoctions of worship.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Our Opinion vs. God’s Opinion (20:18-21)

Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off and said to Moses,

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Ninth Command (20:16)

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/ By Randall Johnson

The need for honesty in all our dealings is a natural implication of the ninth commandment.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Tenth Command (20:17)

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/ By Randall Johnson

There is something distinctively different about the tenth commandment which sets it apart from all the rest. And this distinction gives a key to the interpretation of all the rest.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Eighth Command (20:15)

If there were no private ownership, there could be no stealing, but “You shall not steal” (Exodus 20:15, ESV) stands as an endorsement of private ownership. God speaks of things belonging to Him. All

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Seventh Command (20:14)

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/ By Randall Johnson

Our culture is looking for ways to represent adultery as an acceptable alternative to a dead-end marriage or even a healthy thing for a so-so marriage. But God, in his wisdom and concern for the welfare

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Sixth Command (20:13)

The sixth commandment is not properly translated, “You shall not kill.” Killing is not prohibited in every form by God, but only certain forms of killing are prohibited.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Fifth Command (20:12)

This is the commandment for little kids, right? Wrong! It is for grown-ups, as well. The heart of this commandment is the word “honor.”

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Fourth Command (20:8-11)

Do you trust the Lord to take care of you or do you feel the need to work all the time as if your life depended on it?

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Third Command (20:7)

“Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?” Is the third commandment a prohibition against such an oath?

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Second Command addendum (20:5)

Even if we don’t worship a fashioned likeness of God, we may still be operating with a purposely distorted image of Him.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Second Command (20:4)

God will not be controlled by any human. No image can capture Him. He is the incomparable sovereign of the universe before whom we must always bow and worship in truth.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: First Command (20:1-3)

We violate this command whenever we find ourselves committed to a pursuit other than what God has said is good for us.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Your Priesthood (19)

Each day we represent something of the terrifying yet wholly satisfying God of the universe to those who have deliberately sought to forget Him.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Getting Help (18)

Are you trying to do it all yourself? That is not God’s way. Perhaps He has even sent someone your way to show you that. Were you not listening?