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The Law of Perfect Freedom: Relating to God and Others through the Ten Commandments is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Ten Commandments. No other document has done more to shape the values of Western civilization. And yet, God’s rules remain no less controversial today than when Moses presented his infamous stone tablets to the nation of Israel. Even now, their role in our courts and schools is under scrutiny and has sparked heated debate. But just as important as this public discussion is a more private...

CHAPTER TWO NO OTHER GODS You shall have no other gods before me. “I believe in God. I’m not a religious fanatic. I can’t remember the last time I went to church. My faith has carried me a long way. It’s Sheilaism. Just my own little voice.” Such was the response of Sheila Larson, a typical American interviewed by Robert Bellah and his colleagues.1 Bellah and his team contrast the communal, confessional faith of the New England Puritans with the individualistic and subjective diversity of contemporary