tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261814012053869943.post4234226853563694775..comments2023-10-09T03:39:02.388-06:00Comments on Expository Lutheran: Listen to Your ParentsBror Ericksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06913133289813136695noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261814012053869943.post-1031527890309695662009-01-21T07:18:00.000-07:002009-01-21T07:18:00.000-07:00Larry,I know what you mean. I always find it funny...Larry,<BR/>I know what you mean. I always find it funny how we assume commandments 5-8 are the more important ones, because they are the more or less enforceable ones. I don't know about ranking the importance of commandments and how advisable it is, but if I were to do so, my guess is God finds the first three to be more important which is why he gave them to us first.Bror Ericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913133289813136695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261814012053869943.post-29464647247423173552009-01-21T06:57:00.000-07:002009-01-21T06:57:00.000-07:00Bror,That's very helpful. Something I've wrestled...Bror,<BR/><BR/>That's very helpful. Something I've wrestled with a lot in fully understanding.<BR/><BR/>I always easily understood the "...insofar as your parents are not commanding you to murder, steal, commit adultery", that is generally easier to see, at least for me.<BR/><BR/>It was the "...or worship other gods...". That one my wife and I have both struggled with. Especially her moving from a highly charismatic baptist background (too much detail to list here) now as we presently transition to Lutheran.<BR/><BR/>The "worship other gods" is often a bit less overt but more "oblique" if you will. That is not really denying Christ out right but not really preaching the Christ either. Kind of the "Gospel assumed" I suppose you'd say.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, very helpful!<BR/><BR/>Larry KYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com