The Big Ten

The Ten Commandments have become part of our popular culture, with cinema images of Charlton Heston as Moses smashing the stone tablets. They have become part of our statuary in mausoleums, civic buildings, churches, synagogues, and even some contested courtrooms. They have been toyed with and joked over. They have been updated and restated. But they remain the Big Ten. These foundational commandments are the core expectations God has for us as people of the Covenant. Jesus does not come to eliminate them, but to fulfill them. They remain the Big Ten for us today.
The altar decoration for Sunday February 5 speaks evocatively of ten shafts of light, backdropping the open Bible as the footing and support for the Jewish and Christian faith. There they stand, as a whole unit radiating light together. Sunday will be an examination of all ten as a whole unit and how they are more of a gift from God for us than a burden on us. Come celebrate the Big Ten!