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- 01:10, 22 November 2014 What is the Tenth Commandment? (Q331) (hist) [110 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Tenth Commandment is: “You shall not covet.”")
- 01:10, 22 November 2014 When is it right to speak of your neighbor’s sins? (Q330) (hist) [280 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I am forbidden to gossip or slander, but I must speak the truth in love to my neighbor, report crimes, advocate for the helpless, and protect the community. (Ephesians 4:15, L...")
- 01:10, 22 November 2014 How is false witness borne in court? (Q329) (hist) [191 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "False accusations, lies, withholding evidence, or an unjust verdict all violate truth and justice. (Exodus 23:1)")
- 01:10, 22 November 2014 How does Jesus bear true witness? (Q328) (hist) [199 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Jesus always speaks the truth about himself and me, and bears witness before God and Satan that I belong to him. (John 17:6-8; 18:19-24)")
- 01:09, 22 November 2014 How did Jesus suffer from false witness? (Q327) (hist) [168 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Sanhedrin, desiring Jesus’ execution, hired witnesses to lie about him. (Psalm 109:1-3; Mark 14:53-58)")
- 01:09, 22 November 2014 What does it mean not to bear false witness? (Q326) (hist) [281 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "It means that I am to love God and my neighbor by speaking truthfully and graciously at all times, and by keeping my tongue from lying, slander, or gossip. (Proverbs 6:19; Mat...")
- 01:09, 22 November 2014 What is the Ninth Commandment? (Q325) (hist) [158 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Ninth Commandment is: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”")
- 01:08, 22 November 2014 What is the minimum standard of giving for you as a Christian? (Q324) (hist) [240 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A tithe, which is ten percent of my income, is the minimum standard and goal of giving for the work of God; yet Jesus expects more than my minimum. (Deuteronomy 14:22-29; Luke...")
- 01:08, 22 November 2014 As his steward, how does God require you to use your possessions? (Q323) (hist) [419 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "As I am able, I should earn my own living so that I may set aside offerings for worship, give alms to the poor, and care for my dependents; and I should use all my possessions...")
- 01:07, 22 November 2014 What things other than property can you steal? (Q322) (hist) [341 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I can steal reputation, wages, and honor; credit, answers, and inventions; friendship, hope, and goodwill from others. I must repay and, to the best of my ability, restore wha...")
- 01:07, 22 November 2014 How did God teach Israel to respect the property of others? (Q321) (hist) [315 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "God gave land and possessions as a trust from him, which could be bought, sold, and inherited. He required restitution when property was stolen, and forbade unjust loans and i...")
- 01:06, 22 November 2014 If the earth and all it contains is the Lord’s, is it fitting for you to own property or goods? (Q320) (hist) [274 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Yes. However, everything I own I hold as God’s steward, to cultivate and use for his glory while respecting what he has entrusted to others. (Genesis 1-2; 9; Leviticus 25-27...")
- 01:06, 22 November 2014 What does it mean not to steal? (Q319) (hist) [463 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Because God is Creator and Lord of this world, the created order is holy, and all things fundamentally belong to him. Since I am required to love God and my neighbor, I must n...")
- 01:06, 22 November 2014 What is the Eighth Commandment? (Q318) (hist) [111 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Eighth Commandment is: “You shall not steal.”")
- 01:04, 22 November 2014 How do you benefit from chastity? (Q317) (hist) [221 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Chastity enables me to give of myself in friendship, avoid difficulty in marriage, and experience the true freedom of integrity before God. (1 Corinthians 7:32-35)")
- 01:04, 22 November 2014 What does it mean for you to be chaste? (Q316) (hist) [325 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "It means that I must refrain from sexual acts outside of marriage; and I must respect myself and all others in body, mind, and spirit; practice sexual purity; and view others...")
- 01:03, 22 November 2014 How else is the Seventh Commandment broken? (Q315) (hist) [293 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Fornication, same-gender sexual acts, rape, incest, pedophilia, bestiality, pornography, lust, or any other form of self-centered sexual desire and behavior, all violate this...")
- 01:03, 22 November 2014 Is divorce ever permitted? (Q314) (hist) [270 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Although he permits divorce in some cases, God hates it. It severs what he has joined, and causes immeasurable pain, suffering and brokenness. (Malachi 2:13-16; Matthew 19:1-1...")
- 01:03, 22 November 2014 What does it mean to be faithful in marriage? (Q313) (hist) [197 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "To be faithful in marriage is to be exclusively devoted in heart, mind, and body to one’s spouse in the marriage covenant. (Ephesians 5:29-31)")
- 01:02, 22 November 2014 What does marriage illustrate? (Q312) (hist) [209 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The New Testament reveals that human marriage is meant to reflect the faithful love that unites Christ to his Church. (Ephesians 5:21-33)")
- 01:02, 22 November 2014 Why does God ordain marriage? (Q311) (hist) [431 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "God ordains marriage for three important purposes: for the procreation of children to be brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; for a remedy against sin and to...")
- 01:02, 22 November 2014 What does it mean not to commit adultery? (Q310) (hist) [277 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Marriage is holy. Married persons are to be faithful to their spouses as long as they both shall live. So I must not engage in sexual activity with anyone other than my spouse...")
- 01:02, 22 November 2014 What is the Seventh Commandment? (Q309) (hist) [132 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Seventh Commandment is: “You shall not commit adultery.”")
- 01:01, 22 November 2014 How else can you cause life to flourish? (Q308) (hist) [366 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "As a witness to the Gospel, I can love God and my neighbor by refraining from selfish anger, insults, and cursing, by defending the helpless and unborn, by rescuing those who...")
- 01:00, 22 November 2014 Is it always wrong to harm or kill another? (Q307) (hist) [274 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "There are rare times when the claims of justice, mercy, and life itself may require doing harm or even bringing death to others. It is the particular task of government to do...")
- 00:59, 22 November 2014 What other actions may be considered forms of murder? (Q306) (hist) [226 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Suicide, abortion, genocide, infanticide, and euthanasia are forms of murder. Related sins include abuse, abandonment, recklessness, and hatred or derision.")
- 00:59, 22 November 2014 Is your anger always sinful, or can it be just? (Q305) (hist) [289 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Anger can be just if I am motivated not by fear, pride, or revenge, but purely by love for God’s honor and my neighbor’s well-being. More often than not, however, human an...")
- 00:57, 22 November 2014 How did Jesus extend the law against murder? (Q304) (hist) [144 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Jesus equated unjust anger with murder. (Matthew 5:21-22; 1 John 3:15)")
- 00:56, 22 November 2014 How did Christ cause life to flourish? (Q303) (hist) [325 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Jesus sought the well-being of all who came to him: he made the blind see and the deaf hear, caused the lame to walk, cured the sick, fed the hungry, cast out demons, raised t...")
- 00:56, 22 November 2014 What does it mean not to murder? (Q302) (hist) [349 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Since God declares human life sacred from conception to natural death, I may not take the life of neighbors unjustly, bear them malice in my heart, or harm them by word or dee...")
- 00:55, 22 November 2014 What is the Sixth Commandment? (Q301) (hist) [112 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Sixth Commandment is: “You shall not murder.”")
- 00:54, 22 November 2014 Does earthly authority have limits? (Q300) (hist) [303 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Yes. All authority comes from God, who is the King of kings and expects me to love, honor, and obey him rather than others if they command me to sin. (Exodus 1:17; Daniel 1:8-...")
- 00:54, 22 November 2014 Will such an attitude of honor come to you naturally? (Q299) (hist) [216 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "No. “Folly is bound up in the heart of a child” (Proverbs 22:15). From my earliest days, led and driven by sin, I persistently attempt to rule myself.")
- 00:53, 22 November 2014 How else do you love God in light of the Fifth Commandment? (Q298) (hist) [444 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I keep the Fifth Commandment in love to God by showing respect for the aged; submitting to my teachers, pastors, and directors; respecting tradition and civil authority; and o...")
- 00:53, 22 November 2014 How did Jesus keep the Fifth Commandment? (Q297) (hist) [278 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "As a child Jesus submitted himself to Mary and Joseph, and honored his mother even as he suffered on the cross by entrusting her to his beloved disciple’s care. (Luke 2:39-5...")
- 00:52, 22 November 2014 What does it mean to honor your father and mother? (Q296) (hist) [253 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "While still a child, I should obey my parents; and I should honor, serve, respect, love, and care for them all their lives. (Proverbs 2:10; 23:22; Ephesians 6:1-4; Colossian...")
- 00:52, 22 November 2014 What is the Fifth Commandment? (Q295) (hist) [143 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Fifth Commandment is: “Honor your father and your mother.”")
- 00:51, 22 November 2014 Why does the Church worship on the first day of the week rather than the seventh? (Q294) (hist) [210 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Church worships on the first day of the week in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ on the first day of the week. (Matthew 28:1)")
- 00:51, 22 November 2014 How do you celebrate this Sabbath rest with the Church now? (Q293) (hist) [305 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I join in the Church’s weekly worship and participation in God’s heavenly rest, which brings order, meaning, and holiness to the other six days of the week. (Hebrews 4:9-1...")
- 00:51, 22 November 2014 What does it mean that a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God? (Q292) (hist) [351 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "When the Church is perfected in Christ, all believers will be completely free from sin and its curse, and established in an eternity of love, adoration, and joy. This will be...")
- 00:51, 22 November 2014 How does Jesus bring Sabbath as God’s eternal gift to you? (Q291) (hist) [301 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Jesus now offers himself as the source of my true rest—from the slavery of sin, from the wasteland of human striving, and from Satan’s legacy of futile toil, pain, disease...")
- 00:50, 22 November 2014 Did Jesus keep the Sabbath? (Q290) (hist) [174 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "As its Lord, Jesus both kept and fulfilled the Sabbath. (Matthew 5:17-20; Mark 2:23-27)")
- 00:50, 22 November 2014 Where do you learn about the holiness of time? (Q289) (hist) [326 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "In creation, through the sun, moon, and stars; in the Law, through Israel’s sacrificial calendar; and in the Church’s liturgy, patterned after Temple worship, I learn that...")
- 00:49, 22 November 2014 Why should you rest on the Sabbath? (Q288) (hist) [365 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I rest, as Israel was to rest, because God rested on the seventh day from his work of creation. The Sabbath rest brought rhythm to life, work, and worship; freedom from slaver...")
- 00:49, 22 November 2014 What does it mean to keep the Sabbath day holy? (Q287) (hist) [244 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "“Sabbath” is from the Hebrew shavath, which means “rest.” God commanded Israel to set apart each seventh day following six days of work for rest and worship. (Exodus 1...")
- 00:48, 22 November 2014 What is the Fourth Commandment? (Q286) (hist) [149 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Fourth Commandment is: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”")
- 00:47, 22 November 2014 How can you honor God’s Name? (Q285) (hist) [361 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I honor and love God’s Name, in which I was baptized, by keeping my promises and by upholding honor in relationships, charity in society, justice in law, uprightness in voca...")
- 00:47, 22 November 2014 How can you use God’s Name lightly? (Q284) (hist) [284 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Profanity, careless speech, broken vows, open sin, and meaningless exclamations all cheapen God’s Name. These treat God’s Name as “empty” of the reality for which it s...")
- 00:46, 22 November 2014 How can you use God’s Name irreverently? (Q283) (hist) [269 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "In false or half-hearted worship, oppression of the poor, and conflicts cloaked with divine cause, people use God’s Name without reverence for him, and only to further their...")
- 00:46, 22 November 2014 What does it mean not to take God’s Name in vain? (Q282) (hist) [287 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "All forms of God’s Name are holy, and those who love him should use his Name with reverence, not lightly or for selfish purposes. (Leviticus 19:12; Psalm 29:2; Psalm 99:1-5;...")
