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What is envy? What are the problems with envy? How can we refrain from envy?

Honor. Shame. These words carry a lot of weight. Regardless of time. Regardless of culture. In Israel, the Torah is to be the "sourcebook" to discover what actions are to bring honor to the Lord and to his people. The other side of the coin is what behaviors would bring shame, not only to the Lord but his people as well. Moses speaks of 4 shameful things in Deuteronomy 25. Strange things! What do these things mean in our day, to our culture as followers of Christ? Come with the Grace United crew as we discover what shame and honor are about.

The meme is "Law bad, Grace good." We tend to think that the Lord's primary purpose for giving us the Law is to show us that we need a Savior. While it is true that the Law is like a mirror, pointing out our sin, it is far and away more precious and valuable than a mere set of rules. Rather, Commandments 6-9 highlight the inherent dignity the Lord has given to his people. How so? Come with the Grace United crew as we discover anew and afresh how the Torah reveals our dignity.

It is one of the most popular maxims of our time: "Keep Your Hands to Yourself". You will see it posted in classrooms, you will hear it from the mouth of parents, and you will see it in various forms on signs in stores: No Shoplifting Don't Touch! You Break it You Bought it! No Trespassing These words…

When an armed Oregon man caught three teenage boys burglarizing his home, he forced them to call authorities and report their own crime. Dispatchers said he told one of the boys to call police to report the burglary in progress and then made them wait for authorities to arrive. When they did arrive,…

Philadelphia police are working on an unusual crime spree. Someone is stealing the “one” and “zeroes” from addresses mounted on homes in the area. After a zero disappeared from her home, a woman saw a woman stealing the number when she checked her surveillance video. Another woman saw a man stealing…

An Oregon rancher jumped on his horse and lassoed a man who was attempting to steal a bicycle. Robert Borba was loading dog food and a camping tent into his truck when he heard a woman screaming that someone was trying to steal her bike. Borba got his horse out of the trailer, grabbed a rope, and took…

Champion canoeist Joe Jacobi took his 1992 Olympic gold medal with him for a television appearance. While he was inside a restaurant, three men broke into his car and took the medal. He launched a social media campaign to try to locate the medal. A six-year-old girl spotted the medal in a wooded area…

Dealing with Theft in Society Exodus 22.1-15 June 14, 2009 Introduction: On March 12 of this year, Bernie Madoff pled guilty to 11 felony counts including securities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and perjury. He faces a long prison sentence, but he is also subject to mandatory restitution…

Reading: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 / HC Q&A 110-111 p.54 You shall not steal. Exodus 20:15 (NIV) I. Respect the Property of others A. Don’t Take what God hasn’t given you 1. There are many ways to steal a. Robbery, shoplifting, “borrowing permanently” b. Fraud, cheating on taxes, overcharging c. Padding…

The high cost of theft! ILLN – a lady wrote into Readers’ Digest sometime back about a co-worker of hers who had his car stolen from the company’s car park. When the police finally found it, they discovered the thief had put a burglar alarm in it. Seems like the thief knew something about the state of…