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Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash Read: Exodus 20:7-11 You shall not take the name of the LORD ["Yahweh"] your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain (Exodus 20:7) The Third Commandment instructs us to protect our use of the name of God, Yahweh. Professor Philip Graham Ryken writes: Yahweh, or ‘LORD,’ is much more than a name. It is God's identity. This was

Photo by Moritz Schumacher on Unsplash It is Lent.  The season to remember our bondage. I remember my bondage.  Do you remember yours? The days were dark.  I was scared.  The shackles cut at my wrists.  Every day was back-breaking work, just trying to stay alive.  I thought I had no other choice, no way out. The future was bleak.  Possibly the worst part: no one (not even me) knew who I was because

Photo by Sam 🐷 on Unsplash Read:  Exodus 19:1-20:2; 20:18-21 Today is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of a 40-day season of repentance, renewal, and preparation we call "Lent."  During Lent we seek to deepen our understanding of our union with Christ by meditating and pondering His humility, suffering, and death.  It is a season where the magnifying glass enlarges the depths of our depravity and the completeness of God's love.  Just as Advent