We've all heard it before. Christianity isn't about following rules. It's about a relationship.

Unfortunately, the rise and popularity of that phrase coincides with a growing disinterest and misunderstanding

about the role of God's life-giving perfect law in

the Christian life. Rather than the source of joy it was intended to be, the law is often viewed

as an angry God's restrictions for a rebellious people. Jen Wilkin wants to change that. In her new book,

Ten Words to Live By, delighting in and doing what

God commands, she presents a fresh biblical look at the Ten Commandments, showing how they come to

bear on our lives today as we seek to love God and others, to live in joyful freedom, and to long

for that future day when God will be rightly worshipped for eternity.

Her aim with the book is to help listeners learn to see the law of God as a feast for their

famished souls, open to anyone who calls on the name of the Lord.

Today, we're pleased to share a special one-hour audio preview of Jen's new book, right here on the Crossway podcast.

Let's get started.

The 10 words, Exodus 20, 2 through 17.

I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for

yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the

earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them,

for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third

and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me

and keep my commandments.

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain,

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