Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. [Exodus 20:12 ]

We've reached the middle of the Ten Commandments today as we examine the importance of the fifth commandment: honor your parents. When we think of the two tablets of the Law that were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai, we can imagine that the first four commandments instructed us how to live "vertically"--that is, between us and God. The final five commandments tell us how to live "horizontally"--in community with other Christ-followers. The fifth commandment, to honor your father and mother, bridges the gap by reinforcing the relationship between God and parents as his representative authority in the lives of their children.

Parenting is, as anyone who's experienced it knows, a weighty subject, and today's episode of A Fresh Take gives it its due by recognizing that "honoring" parents isn't just obeying or following rules, it's the foundation of a relationship built on respect. Covering everything from how to respond when rules are broken to how to handle financial struggles to what happens when the care of an elderly parent becomes impossible, Pastor Paul and Mark show us yet again how relevant and realistic the Ten Commandments are in today's modern world.

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