“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.” Exodus 20:7
Flippantly using God’s name as a curse word is one of the obvious ways of breaking the third commandment, but what about the not-so-obvious? Sometimes, well-meaning Christians violate the third commandment with false platitudes when God or his name is treated too lightly.
Silly Christian t-shirts are good for a laugh, but are they too careless with God’s identity? In this clip from our Ten Commandments sermon “III. Do Not Take God’s Name in Vain,” Pastor Mark looks at some examples and revisits some of his own history.
