Pathway to Freedom: How God's Laws Guide Our Lives

God?s code of conduct is as relevant and insistent today as it?s always been.The landscape of contemporary society reveals that we neither know nor care much about the Law of God. There is:A general lawlessness in the lives of professing Christians.An absence of the fear of God in public worship and private living.A growing confidence in ourselves and doubt concerning God and His Word.Amidst this moral crisis, the message of the Ten Commandments can give us order, direction, and hope.With dynamic implications for how each of us lives every day, Pathway to Freedom will challenge you to think long and hard about the significance of God?s Law. ?We have entered into a time of moral crisis in our culture and in the church as well. Stories about divorce, adultery, and the individualized picking and choosing of doctrines abound. Pathway to Freedom is forthright and necessary teaching that today?s church cannot afford to ignore. How now shall we live? The beginning of the answer must be in obedience to God?s moral law summarized in the Ten Commandments.? -CHARLES COLSON, PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES, WASHINGTON, D.C. Review We have entered into a time of moral crisis  in our culture and in the church as well.  Stories about divorce, adultery, and the individualized picking and choosing of doctrines abound. Pathway to Freedom is forthright and necessary teaching that today?s church cannot afford to ignore. How now shall we live? The beginning of the answer must be in obedient to God?s moral law summarized in the Ten Commandments.-Charles Colson, Prison Fellowship Ministries, Washington, D.C. From the Back Cover God?s code of conduct is as relevant and insistent today as it?s always been.The landscape of contemporary society reveals signs that we neither know nor care much about the Law of God. There is:· A general listlessness and lawlessness in the lives of professing Christians.· An absence of the fear of God in public worship and private living.· A growing confidence in ourselves and an accompanying loss of confidence in God and His Word.Amidst this moral crisis, the message of the Ten Commandments can give us order, direction, and hope.With dynamic implications for how each of us lives every day, Pathway to Freedom will challenge you to think long and hard about the significance of God?s Law.  About the Author ALISTAIR BEGG (Trent University; London School of Theology; Westminster Seminary) was born in Scotland and spent the first 30 years of life in the United Kingdom. Since September of 1983, he has been the senior pastor at Parkside Church in suburban Cleveland, Ohio. He is the daily speaker on the national radio programTruth For Life which stems from his weekly Bible teaching at Parkside, and is the author ofMade For His Pleasure, Lasting Love, andWhat Angels Wish They Knew. He and his wife, Susan, have three grown children. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Pathway to FreedomHow God's Laws Guide Our LivesBy Alistair Begg, Anne ScherichMoody PublishersCopyright © 2003 Alistair BeggAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-0-8024-1274-4ContentsForeword, 9,Preface, 13,Prologue, 17,The Ten Commandments, 45,Chapter 1 No Other Gods, 47,Chapter 2 Graven Mistakes, 63,Chapter 3 What's in a Name?, 77,Chapter 4 Holy Day or Holiday?, 97,Chapter 5 Family Life-God's Way, 115,Chapter 6 Fife Is Sacred, 133,Chapter 7 You Shall Not Commit Adultery, 153,Chapter 8 I Was Only Borrowing It, 171,Chapter 9 The Truth Matters, 187,Chapter 10 The Other Man's Grass, 205,Epilogue Good News for Lawbreakers, 223,Notes, 231,CHAPTER 1NO OTHER GODSYou shall have no other gods before me.-EXODUS 20:3Two religious convocations, one ancient and one modern, set the scene for our consideration of this first commandment.In 1993 a parliament of the world's religions convened in Chicago. Seven hundred attendees sought