Sermons

Luther talked about the commandments as "teaching us what a truly flourishing human society would be as a place of cooperation and connection, a place where we begin to learn what it means to love neighbors and begin to grow into the holiness God has in mind for us." (p.184 Large Catechism essay by Gilbert Meilaender) These rules have not only a God behind them but a loving God behind them. It is out of God's tender heart that he gives us these commandments, wanting what is best for us. In this series, we look not only at the Ten Commandments but at the loving reason behind them.