The Ten Commandments, also called “the Decalogue,” are arguably the most famous words in the Bible. The Hebrew Bible presents ...

A separate Commandment based on Deut. 5:8-10 would be redundant. Now if God simply forbids the making of graven images, then there are problems elsewhere in the Bible.

The reference is to John 13, which features the story of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet, followed by his statement about a new commandment he has given them, to love one another. We actually ...

But Christ gave a second commandment—the corollary of loving God, its indispensable application: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus tells us that we are called to do for the poor farmer ...