Honoring the Lord’s Name
I have a hard time speaking up when I hear people taking the Lord’s name in vain, especially when it’s my friends and family using slang phrases like “Oh my goodness” or “Oh my word.” Do you have any simple responses to help me stand up for God’s name, while doing this in love and trying not to be offensive? Onderwijzer sympathizes with you and feels the same struggle. The second commandment warns, “The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain” (Ex. 20:7). If God will...