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Don’t Run after Your Desires A commentary on the tenth commandment

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  • J. Douma
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Sabbath and the Tenth Commandment: Exodus 20:17

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  • Andres Miranda

This article shows that the tenth commandment finds its context in the Sabbath. By observing the Sabbath, the church proclaims her satisfaction in God, she lives by His gifts, and she is thus guarded against coveting.

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The Tenth Commandment The Ten Commandments Series: Part 10

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  • R. Albert Mohler Jr.

In this culture of materialism and consumerism, we are constantly guilty of sinning against the tenth commandment by coveting. What is at the root of coveting? What does the Bible teach us about desire and greed?

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Being Content With What You Have

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  • Garry Eriks

One cannot speak of contentment without also discussing coveting. This article is about the idolatry of covetousness, which seeks to undermine God’s will for your life. Christians must strive to be content.

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The Significance of the Tenth Commandment The Heidelberg Catechism on the Tenth Commandment

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  • Jim Klazinga

The tenth commandment is inward in its nature. It deals with our desires. It shows that covetousness and idolatry are friends. It calls for a heart that desires to please God. 

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The Covetous Heart

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  • Douglas Wilson

This article discusses the tenth commandment, concerning the sin of covetousness.

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Dangerous Desires

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  • Melissa Kruger

At the core of coveting are sinful desires. At times we desire the wrong things, and at other times we desire the right things in a wrong way. How do we fight covetousness? This article advises that we understand how coveting works and learn to live out of true faith in Christ.

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Contentment and Covetousness

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  • Kenneth D. Macleod

This article reflects on how coveting goes directly against God's design, and therefore how the tenth commandment was given for our benefit.

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Contentment Or Covetousness

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  • Jenny Waldron

How to avoid coveting while developing a life of contentment? This is what the article answers. The author shows the difference between being covetous and content.

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Hedonism in the Church

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  • James D. Slopsema

Desire is God’s gift to us. However, when desire is motivated by sin it becomes deadly. Pleasure which does not seek to find its fulfillment in God ruins everything. This author laments the prevalence of hedonism, the pursuit of pleasure, in our churches.

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Wounds cannot be healed until they are revealed and sins cannot be forgiven until they are confessed Martin Luther
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