A Doubter's Guide to the Ten Commandments
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John Dickson (PhD, Macquarie University) serves as the Jean Kvamme Distinguished Professor of Biblical Evangelism and Distinguished Scholar in Public Christianity at Wheaton College. A speaker, historian, and media presenter, John is the author of more than 20 books, two of which became television documentaries. He also cohosted the documentary For the Love of God: How the Church is Better and Worse Than you Ever Imagined. He is an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Sydney, a Visiting Academic in the Faculty of Classics at Oxford University (2016-2021), and Distinguished Fellow in Public Christianity at Ridley College Melbourne. John presents Australia's no.1 religion podcast, Undeceptions, exploring aspects of life, faith, history, culture, or ethics that are either much misunderstood or mostly forgotten.
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- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION: COMING HOME TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
- 1. BIGGER THAN HAMMURABI, DELPHI, & DAWKINS
- 2. WHY BE GOOD?
- 3. THREE KEYS TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
- 4. ONE GOD AND THE GOOD: FIRST COMMANDMENT
- 5. IDOLS OF THE HEART: SECOND COMMANDMENT
- 6. TAKING RELIGION SERIOUSLY: THIRD COMMANDMENT
- 7. WORK, PLAY, AND WORSHIP: FOURTH COMMANDMENT
- 8. FAMILY MATTERS: FIFTH COMMANDMENT
- 9. CHERISH YOUR NEIGHBOUR: SIXTH COMMANDMENT
- 10. HONOUR YOUR SPOUSE: SEVENTH COMMANDMENT
- 11. GIVING WHAT IS DUE: EIGHTH COMMANDMENT
- 12. SAYING WHAT IS TRUE: NINTH COMMANDMENT
- 13. FAILING AND FINDING THE GOOD: TENTH COMMANDMENT
- AFTERWORD TO THE FOREWORD OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
