Preserving Our Neighbor’s Good Name

Here’s an excerpt from Preserving Our Neighbor’s Good Name, Joe Holland’s contribution to the May issue of Tabletalk:

“You shall not bear false witness.” The ninth commandment isn’t just a commandment for the courtroom. Jesus shows us in the Sermon on the Mount that the Decalogue goes much deeper than we might think, down to the heart level. And in His summary of the law, Jesus taught that the Ten Commandments include both the positive—you shall—even as they state the negative—you shall not. So where does this leave us? For now, it leaves us in a garden.

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