There are many different websites that offer reading plans to read the Bible in a year. Here is a really good one: Read the KJV Bible in One Year. For today, why don't you read along with me Chapters 19-21 in the book of Exodus:
Special verses (The 10 Commandments)
"And God spake all these words, saying , I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make
unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in
heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the
water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow
down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Thou shalt not take
the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold
him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy . Six days shalt thou labour , and do all thy work:
10
But the seventh day
is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any
work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy
gates:
For in six days
the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is,
and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the
sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Thou shalt not kill .
Thou shalt not commit adultery .
Thou shalt not steal .
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Thou shalt not covet
thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's
wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his
ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's." - Exodus 20:1-17
Recommended poem:
America the Beautiful, or So You Used to Be, by the honorable Judge Roy Moore
Note: If you
have a reading disability that makes it difficult or impossible to read
along with me this year, please consider going to Biblegateway.com and
listening to the Bible. This is a great site with many resources, one
of which is an audio version of the Bible Daily.
Showing posts with label The Ten Commandments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Ten Commandments. Show all posts
Monday, April 25, 2016
Monday, April 15, 2013
Kentucky School Ordered to Remove 10 Commandments; Metal Detectors on Their Way?
Breathitt Schools Ordered to Remove Ten Commandment Displays
Excerpt:
Excerpt:
"Many people believe the Ten Commandments have a place in the school system, but the Supreme Court has ruled otherwise in Kentucky. The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent the Breathitt County school district a letter stating any display of the Ten Commandments must be removed. The Freedom From Religion Foundation received a letter stating someone complained about multiple illegal Ten Commandment displays. The letter says the displays were in many rooms at the high school, middle school and some elementary schools. The letter claims the Ten Commandments were hanging for many years. School officials took down the displays this week."
Recommended Reading (2poems):
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
After Nearly a Decade, Roy Moore Regains Alabama Chief Justice Seat
After Nearly a Decade, Roy Moore Regains Alabama Chief Justice. You remember Judge Moore? The Federal Government ordered him to take a monument containing the Ten Commandments out of his court house. . He refused and got fired from his job as Chief Justice. Well, thank God - literally, he's back on the bench.
Judge Moore wrote a poem called, America the Beautiful which is very appropriate in light of the recent presidential election.
"America the Beautiful, or so you used to be,
Land of the Pilgrim's pride, I'm glad they'll never see.
Babies piled in dumpsters, abortion on demand,
Oh, sweet land of liberty, your house is built on sand.
"Your children wander aimlessly poisoned by cocaine,
Choosing to indulge their lusts, when God has said abstain.
From sea to shining sea this Nation has turned away,
From the teaching of God's law, and a need to always pray.
"So many worldly pastors telling lies about our Rock,
Saying God is going broke so they can fleece the flock.
We've kept God in our temples, how foolish we have grown,
When all the earth is but His footstool, and Heaven is His throne.
"We've voted in governments that are rotting to the core
Appointing Godless judges who throw reason out the door.
Too soft to put a killer in a well deserved tomb,
But brave enough to kill a baby before he leaves the womb.
"You think that God's not angry, that our land's a moral slum?
How much longer will it be before His judgement comes?
And how can we face our God, from whom we cannot hide?
What is left for us to do, but stem this evil tide!
"For if we who are His children, will humbly turn and pray,
If we seek His holy face, and mend our evil way,
Then God will hear from heaven and forgive us our sins.
He'll heal our sickly land and those who live within.
"But, America the Beautiful, if you don't then you will see,
A sad but Holy God remove His hand from thee."
Well said, Your Honor!
Judge Moore wrote a poem called, America the Beautiful which is very appropriate in light of the recent presidential election.
"America the Beautiful, or so you used to be,
Land of the Pilgrim's pride, I'm glad they'll never see.
Babies piled in dumpsters, abortion on demand,
Oh, sweet land of liberty, your house is built on sand.
"Your children wander aimlessly poisoned by cocaine,
Choosing to indulge their lusts, when God has said abstain.
From sea to shining sea this Nation has turned away,
From the teaching of God's law, and a need to always pray.
"So many worldly pastors telling lies about our Rock,
Saying God is going broke so they can fleece the flock.
We've kept God in our temples, how foolish we have grown,
When all the earth is but His footstool, and Heaven is His throne.
"We've voted in governments that are rotting to the core
Appointing Godless judges who throw reason out the door.
Too soft to put a killer in a well deserved tomb,
But brave enough to kill a baby before he leaves the womb.
"You think that God's not angry, that our land's a moral slum?
How much longer will it be before His judgement comes?
And how can we face our God, from whom we cannot hide?
What is left for us to do, but stem this evil tide!
"For if we who are His children, will humbly turn and pray,
If we seek His holy face, and mend our evil way,
Then God will hear from heaven and forgive us our sins.
He'll heal our sickly land and those who live within.
"But, America the Beautiful, if you don't then you will see,
A sad but Holy God remove His hand from thee."
Well said, Your Honor!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
"To Hell With the Truth!"
Rep. Trey Gowdy Explodes at Libya Hearing: ‘I Want to Know Why We Were Lied To!’
Mark Twain once said: "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes." I have experience this at least twice in my lifetime. The first time was about 12 years ago when I stood before a judge and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The second time was early last month, when I stood before a different judge, to ask that my probation be cut short by 3 months so I could vote in the presidential election this year.
Eleven years ago I was sentenced to prison for 10 years for a crime I committed in the 1990s. I served out just short of 9 years of that sentence, having about 13 months taken off for good behavior in prison. And I deserved every day of my sentence. In fact, there are people serving much longer sentences than I got for the same crime.
But there were many things that were told to my judge back then that were simply not true. Instead of my judge being able to look objectively at the crime I committed, what the law says about the crime I committed, and rule accordingly, he also had before him many things that were not true.
No big deal. I served out my prison sentence and got on with my life. But then last month I filed a motion with the court to get off probation 3 months early so I could vote in the presidential election this year. The judge denied my motion. Again, no big deal. I only had 3 months left on my probation, and I would not have voted for either Obama or Romney! But like 12 years ago, my judge was also lie to this time.
The prosecutor told my judge that he had talked to my probation officer. And my probation officer told him that I have a no contact order, which is true. But the prosecutor also told my judge that in his conversation with my probation officer, she told him that I said I was going to violate that no contact order just as soon as I got off probation.
That is absolutely not true. I have strictly obeyed my no contact order for the past 12 years. And I have even told my probation officer in person (and in a recent email) that I fully plan on continuing to obey that no contact order once I am off probation. In a later conversation with my probation officer, she assured me that she never told the prosecutor I said I was going to violate my no contact order. The prosecutor must have taken it upon himself to lie to my judge.
In one of John Grisham's novels, he says:
"Kriegler was telling the truth, but the truth needed to be blurred at this point. This was a cross examination, so to hell with the truth. The witness had to be discredited."
My prosecutor had a job to do. He needed to convince my judge that she should not let me off probation 3 months early so I could vote in the election this year. And if he had to lie to her to do his job, well, that's then that's what he was going to do.
I read a short poem about lawyers that goes like this:
"As a young lawyer from the books that I've read
I thought justice and law were the same.
But I soon put such juvenile thoughts from my head
and I studied the rules of the game!"
-Author unknown
I'd like to see my judge 'explode' and yell at my prosecutor (like Rep. Trey Gowdy in the article above): "I want to know why I was lied to!"
The Bible says" "Thou shalt not bear false witness." Exodus 20:16
Mark Twain once said: "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes." I have experience this at least twice in my lifetime. The first time was about 12 years ago when I stood before a judge and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The second time was early last month, when I stood before a different judge, to ask that my probation be cut short by 3 months so I could vote in the presidential election this year.
Eleven years ago I was sentenced to prison for 10 years for a crime I committed in the 1990s. I served out just short of 9 years of that sentence, having about 13 months taken off for good behavior in prison. And I deserved every day of my sentence. In fact, there are people serving much longer sentences than I got for the same crime.
But there were many things that were told to my judge back then that were simply not true. Instead of my judge being able to look objectively at the crime I committed, what the law says about the crime I committed, and rule accordingly, he also had before him many things that were not true.
No big deal. I served out my prison sentence and got on with my life. But then last month I filed a motion with the court to get off probation 3 months early so I could vote in the presidential election this year. The judge denied my motion. Again, no big deal. I only had 3 months left on my probation, and I would not have voted for either Obama or Romney! But like 12 years ago, my judge was also lie to this time.
The prosecutor told my judge that he had talked to my probation officer. And my probation officer told him that I have a no contact order, which is true. But the prosecutor also told my judge that in his conversation with my probation officer, she told him that I said I was going to violate that no contact order just as soon as I got off probation.
That is absolutely not true. I have strictly obeyed my no contact order for the past 12 years. And I have even told my probation officer in person (and in a recent email) that I fully plan on continuing to obey that no contact order once I am off probation. In a later conversation with my probation officer, she assured me that she never told the prosecutor I said I was going to violate my no contact order. The prosecutor must have taken it upon himself to lie to my judge.
In one of John Grisham's novels, he says:
"Kriegler was telling the truth, but the truth needed to be blurred at this point. This was a cross examination, so to hell with the truth. The witness had to be discredited."
My prosecutor had a job to do. He needed to convince my judge that she should not let me off probation 3 months early so I could vote in the election this year. And if he had to lie to her to do his job, well, that's then that's what he was going to do.
I read a short poem about lawyers that goes like this:
"As a young lawyer from the books that I've read
I thought justice and law were the same.
But I soon put such juvenile thoughts from my head
and I studied the rules of the game!"
-Author unknown
I'd like to see my judge 'explode' and yell at my prosecutor (like Rep. Trey Gowdy in the article above): "I want to know why I was lied to!"
The Bible says" "Thou shalt not bear false witness." Exodus 20:16
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