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Keep a Good Lent!
Keep a Good Lent!
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Our Lenten devotions include a study of the history of Christianity, including its relationship with Judaism. I will have to point out that different "People of the Book" have slightly different variations on the Ten Commandments. However, it does appear that we actually do cover the same material but disagree about how to organize it.
I was raised and confirmed Lutheran, and even spent a couple of years at a Lutheran College.
While on active duty, I finished my degree at a Baptist College. For some reason, they accepted my previous New Testament class, but not the Old Testament, so in order to graduate, I had to relearn the 10 commandments. I got my A, and my degree. The so-called Protestant numbering system makes more sense to me, but as was pointed out earlier, it's the content that matters.
Meanwhile, my kids were all confirmed in the Lutheran Church, and they all asked why we needed two covets.
Well this stunes my beeber 'cause I was raised with the correct (Hebrew) 10 commandments including the "just say no to idols" commandment. Maybe all Lutherans aren't the same?