Few things in life are more essential for holy living than both the hearing and heeding of God’s perfect Law. Without question. Period.
I recently finished reading God’s Ten Commandments: Yesterday, Today, Forever by Dr. Francis Nigel Lee (published by Nordskog Publishing). I have personally read numerous books concerning the Ten Commandments and so I was chomping at the bit to get my hands on yet another book dealing with this marvelous topic. And I wasn’t at all disappointed when I turned the last page.
Lee takes his readers on a scholarly journey through the Ten Commandments, beginning from eternity past and through eternity future. (No small task, to say the least.) His thrust behind the book seems to be that God’s Law has always been in existence because God has always existed. Simple enough.
Weaving the history of the Decalogue through sin, salvation, the Sabbath, the institution of marriage, the Old Testament patriarchs and prophets, Christ’s teachings, the New Testament church, early church history, and even in the final judgment of Heaven and Hell, the author explains why God’s Law is sufficient for everything in both life and practice.
I would definitely recommend this book to interested readers, but a comment or two on the author’s style of writing should most certainly be noted. I’m happy to give Lee an A- for his thorough and well-organized material, but it would seem inappropriate to assign anything less than a C- for style. And here’s why.
Lee seemed overly concerned about ascribing the Scripture reference for each point he made, and there were times when I struggled to tell where the sentence began and the parenthetical references ended. At times, this sentence structure made for some challenging reading. To me, it almost felt as if much of the material might be better suited for a power point presentation, rather than book format.
With that said, however, I would still recommend it to any and all interested in understanding how and why God’s Ten Commandments fit into understanding the mind of God with regards to sin, salvation, and Christ-centered sanctification.
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