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Everybody knows The Ten Commandments, right? Let's see: there's something about stealing, lying, murdering...ahhh...but that's only three...what are the rest?
More people claim to live by the Ten Commandments than seem to know what they are, let alone what they mean. And in this modern, jet-propelled, nuclear, genetic-engineered world, how important are they?
Each day we make innumerable decisions about things that don't really seem earth-shattering in importance. So what if we break a promise? So what if we are married but find passion in another bed? So what if we are too focused on work, TV, or clubs to spend time with family?
In The Ten Commandments, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, America's "Mommy," and the conscience of talk radio, reminds us that it is in everyday decisions that we give meaning to our lives or diminish them; and she shows us why adhering to the higher ideals and consistent morality found in the Commandments can create a life of greater purpose, integrity, value, and lasting joy.
The Ten Commandments are the first direct communication between a people and God. Designed to elevate our lives above mere frantic, animal existence to the sublime levels humanity is capable of experiencing, they are the blueprint of God's expectations of us and His plan for a meaningful, just, loving, and holy life. Each of the Ten Commandments asserts a principle, and each principle is a moral focal point for real life issues relating to God, family, sex, work, charity, property, speech, and thought. These principles, and the Commandments they are based upon, are as relevant today as they were in Biblical times.
Written and read in collaboration with Rabbi Stewart Vogel, The Ten Commandments is a modern application of God's laws, incorporating lively discussion on the Bible and the Judeo-Christian values derived from it. Filled with passion, emotion, provocative and profound insights, The Ten Commandments will move, enlighten, inspire, educate, and entertain you. You won?t be able to look at even mundane moments in your life the same way again.
Synopsis
Dr. Laura Schlessinger, the conscience of talk radio, offers an old-fashioned, uncompromising moral standard that has won her millions of fans. With the new book, she examines the Ten Commandments and their application in everyday life.
She is the acclaimed author of the phenonenal bestsellers Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives, How Could You Do That?! and Ten Stupid Things Men Do to Mess Up Their Lives. She is also an internationally syndicated radio host whose talk program is the fastest growing ever: it is heard on more than 500 stations in 98 percent of the country with more than 20 million listeners per week, throughout Canada, and in 156 countries in the Armed Forces Radio Network. Between 50,000 and 60,000 attempts are made to call the show each day. She is an internationally syndicated newspaper columnist, whose articles run in more than 100 markets, and a provocative psychotherapist whose back-to-basics, clear-cut approach to living the moral life attracts more and more readers everywhere. Now, in this, her newest book, Dr. Laura Schlessinger explores the Bible's Ten Commandments, bringing their relevance to light with wit, wisdom, humor, and everyday scenarios.
About the Author
Dr. Laura Schlessinger holds a post doctoral certification in marriage, family and child therapy and is licensed by the state of California as a marriage and family therapist. She is the author of best-selling children's books,
Why Do You Love Me?,
But I Waaannt It!,
Growing Up Is Hard and best-selling adult books,
Ten Stupid Things Couples Do To Mess Up Their Relationships,
Ten Stupid Things Parents Do to Mess Up Their Kids,
The Ten Commandments,
How Could You Do That? The Abdication ofCharacter, Courage and Conscience,
Ten Stupid Things Men Do To Mess Up Their Lives, and
Ten Stupid Things Women Do To Mess Up Their Lives.
Dr. Laura is a leading radio talk show host whose weekday show is syndicated nationwide to approximately 12 million listeners. She is also the president and founder of the Dr. Laura Schlessinger Foundation, devoted to abused and neglected kids through its unique outreach of My Stuff Bags. She lives with her husband, Dr. Lew Bishop, and their son, Deryk, in southern California.