Most of us have been reading the Ten Commandments as a to-do list. As a test. As a standard we are supposed to meet. The Bible calls them words, not commandments. Today we ask what changes when the frame shifts.

In this letter

- The earn-it frame versus the rescued-life frame

- Why the Sabbath is a gift, not a rule, under the right frame

- Obedience as fruit, not root

- The tradition of counting verse 2 as the first commandment

- The rescue that precedes every response

Scripture — Exodus 20:2-17

The question to sit with

Which frame have you been reading the Ten under? A test to pass, or the shape of a life you have already been given?

Coming tomorrow | The Whole Letter. ...