Razel Sima looked past her father as she replied in a voice that was not hers, "No, Father, I will not deliver the omitted Commandments to all mankind, but forty generations hence, in a new world, Orben, the messenger, will bring additional enlightenment to the world, and the Lord's work will be done." Christianity, Judaism, and Islam accept the Ten Commandments as revealed truth, etched into stone and handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai. But were the Commandments, as we know them, the only words from God on the subject of human conduct? The brilliant biblical saga Broken Commandments postulates the existence of ten additional Commandments, in addition to the ones that millions of believers live by today. The missing Commandments were supposedly carved on the reverse side of the original tablets given to Moses. Moses smashed them in disgust when he came down from the mountain and saw the Israelites worshipping a golden calf. Thousands of years later, the one chosen by the Lord will enlighten the world and bring forth all of the Twenty Commandments. He is prophesied to spread tolerance throughout a new nation and become the leader of the new faith of faiths. Do the lost stones hold the key to the survival of the human race?

Can you find a proven source for lasting standards and values? God revealed the heart of His standards--the Ten Commandments--long ago at Mount Sinai. But what sets them apart from man-made rules and guidelines? What do they reveal about nature of God Himself. In this booklet you'll discover the answers to these questions and more. Inside this booklet:- The First Commandment: What Is Our Greatest Priority?- The Second Commandment: What Is God Like?- The Third Commandment: From Profanity to Praise- The Fourth Commandment: Key to a Relationship With Our Creator- The Fifth Commandment: A Foundation for Success- Sixth Commandment: Life Is a Precious Gift- Seventh Commandment: Protect the Marital Relationship- Eighth Commandment: Practice Giving Rather Than Getting- Ninth Commandment: Truth as a Way of Life- Tenth Commandment: True Righteousness Comes From the Heart- Does the New Covenant Abolish the Commandments?[ View or download other free booklets at www.ucg.org ]

Offering a host of classic and new essays surveying the scholarly ethical and biblical debate surrounding the Ten Commandments, William Brown organizes his volume into three parts: the history of interpretation, contemporary reflections on the Decalogue as a whole, and contemporary reflections on individual commandments. A useful addition to ethics as well as Old Testament and Hebrew Bible courses, Brown'sThe Ten Commandmentswill be a standard reference for all Decalogue research, as it facilitates a helpful balance between moral, theological, and biblical study. The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field.