SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN ---An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments

Davidman, Joy

Published by Westminster Press; 141 Pgs. 1985, 1985

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Paperback. NEW. "Much of the sickness of our age comes of regarding the law as a set of narrow publications instead of a positive command to courageous life and the love of God," said Joy Davidman in explaining why she was moved to write this dynamic and original interpretation of the Ten Commandments. With glimpses into the history behind the Scriptures, Miss Davidman shows how the Decalogue is just as true and applicable for men and women of today as it was for Biblical times. She argues that for a happy life we must obey the Commandments as strictly as ever, but with a positive attitude rather than a negative one. She stresses the fact that the true Christian makes the most of his life, not the least, and points out the sin of our age ---the fearfulness and insecurity that makes us afraid of life. Personal, direct, and as readable as one of her poems or novels, her conclusions carry the note of having been drawn from her own experience and keen awareness of the deeper meaning of the Commandments as well as from her intellectual understanding of them. The observations she makes will reach all who have attempted to touch upon the real significance of the Decalogue for their own lives, yet are not students of theological treatises.

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• Title: SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN ---An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments
• Publisher: Westminster Press; 141 Pgs. 1985
• Publication Date: 1985
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
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