The “Mother” Sin We Have Forgotten
The last of the ten commandments seems a bit out of place, doesn’t it? “Do not covet.” While the heinousness of the other commandments is relatively obvious to us, the tenth commandment stands out, in our own minds, as relatively benign. How serious can it be?
But, when you probe deeper into this commandment, something very different emerges. It is much more serious than we think. For one, aspects of coveting are mentioning in a number of key places in the Bible. It is the “love of money,” a form of coveting, that is the “root of all kinds of evils” (1 Tim 6:10). And when Paul is looking for … Continue reading...