Living Words: The Ten Commandments for the Twenty-First Century

by G. Corwin Stoppel

Book Overview

The ten commandments--are they a stringent legal code, or are they guidelines for harmonious living? Noting that perfect obedience is beyond our capability, G. Corwin Stoppel proposes that the commandments are a framework for our personal and corporate relationships, and that they give us a glimpse of life as lived in harmony with God's best hopes for the world. In this engaging book, Stoppel looks to the past and present to examine each commandment,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561012718
• ISBN13: 9781561012718
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Cowley Publications
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A straightforward discussion of the relevance of the Biblical Ten Commandments to modern life

A Professor of Religious Studies and an All Saints' Episcopal Church Rector, G. Corwin Stoppel ably and engagingly presents Living Words: The Ten Commandments in the Twenty-First Century, a straightforward discussion of the relevance of the Biblical Ten Commandments to modern life. Living Words explains, in plain and simple terms, why the commandments are beneficial to improving the quality of one's life, to the extent that they reveal a glimpse of life lived according to God's best hopes for the world, and presents them as a framework for personal and corporate relationships alike. Highly recommended reading for both its practical and spiritual dimensions.