Words From the Fire: Hearing the Voice of God in the 10 Commandments

If God has spoken, then the highest human aspiration must be to hear what the Creator has said. God has indeed spoken, through the Ten Commandments, and Al Mohler explores this revelation of God and the implications for His people. The promise is to hear, to obey, and to live. These "Ten Words" tell us who God is and what His people should look like.Mohler is a respected voice on the state of our culture (and the church) today. The Ten Commandments speak to current issues today such as the exclusivity of the Christian God, the essence of worship, capital punishment, just war, business ethics and the postmodern definition of truth. Review Dr. Mohler gives a fresh and encouraging word on the God who still speaks and a people who must obey, as he takes us on an expositional journey through the Ten Commandments. You will be well reminded that ?God speaks in the fire and through His son.?-Johnny Hunt, Senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Georgia, and president of the Southern Baptist ConventionAl Mohler is a like a biblical prophet of old speaking into a modernday wilderness of confusion and compromise. In this exposition of the Ten Commandments, he is following in a train of faithful Christian ministers who used the ten words (along with the Apostles? Creed and the Lord?s Prayer) to teach ?Christianity 101.? But there are riches here for those both new to and mature in the faith. Read and grow.-Ligon Duncan, Senior minister, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MississippiIn our noisy culture, voices of all kinds are bombarding us. In Al Mohler?s book Words from the Fire, he challenges us to hear the voice of God roaring from the fire. God?s Word to us through the Ten Commandments is clear, convicting, and compelling. This incredible read will silence the noise around you and call you to hear the only voicethat leads you to a life of holiness. Get this book, read it, share it, teach it, and give another copy of it to a friend.-Ronnie W. Floyd, Senior pastor, First Baptist Church of Springdale and The Church at Pinnacle Hills, ArkansasI love how my friend Al Mohler instills in Words from the Fire a sense of reverence, respect, and mystery at the awesomeness of God?s truth proclaimed to God?s people. Something?s going on that is so much bigger than you and me. ?We have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves? (2 Corinthians 4:7). This reminder will never grow old. -James MacDonald, Senior pastor of Harvest Bible ChapelThis is a rare book of deep scriptural insight combined with acute cultural analysis. Dr. Mohler helps us see that, far from being simply ?rules? about Christian living, these Ten Commandments embody the heart of Christian faith. Serious Christians, pastors, teachers, and all those wishing to understand the urgent relevance of this ancient code for today?s confused world will greatly benefit from this book.-J.D. Greear, Lead pastor, the Summit Church, Raleigh-Durham, N.C.Dr. Mohler has admirably achieved the difficult task of being both faithful to Holy Scripture and relevant to the cultural crises of our day. These essays take God?s timeless Ten Commandments and apply them in an inspiring and timely way to the moral crises of our current culture.-Dr. Richard Land, President of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist ConventionOf the myriad of books written on the Ten Commandments, I put Al Mohler?s up there close to the top of the list. It is contemporary, insightful, interesting, and above all biblical. If you want a fresh but thoroughly Christian perspective on the BIG TEN, here it is!!-Phil Roberts, President of Midwestern Baptist Theological SeminaryIf we are to know God, He must speak-and He has! In Words From The Fire, Al Mohler Jr. carefully and clearly reveals to us the God who spoke in the Ten Commandments. This book is exegetically sound and