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2026 · Community accountability

The Ten Commandments

March 18, 2026 Taught by Marty Himmel

Exodus 20:1-21

  • Singular "you" in each of the commandments
  • Personal accountability within a communal context
  • 1-4 deal with our relationship with God
  • 5-10 deal with our relationships with others
  • With the context of Egypt and the Egyptian way of life - God moving Israel to His way of life

Matthew 22:34-40

  • Simplifying the law to its basic elements
  • Relational, not an exhaustive (and exhausting) list of rules

Table questions

  1. 01 How do you apply the ten commandments in our modern world and culture?
  2. 02 How do you apply the personal accountability of the ten commandments to a communal setting?