Throughout church history and across denominations, God’s people have given a privileged place within worship to the reading of the Ten Commandments. In my experience, the Ten Commandments have usually been included as a call to confession or as a call to holy living. In the first instance, our attention is drawn toward how we have fallen short of God’s expectations. Our sin is exposed. In the second, we are called to live more faithfully in response to God’s grace in Jesus Christ. While these are good and right uses of the Law, I have been wondering if the Ten Commandments could also facilitate a prayer of thanksgiving within our communal worship. The responsive reading below has grown out of this wondering and is designed to encourage thanksgiving and praise for who God is and what God is doing among us.
The Ten Commandments in the Reformed Tradition
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Ten Commandments
