words of prevention, but also protection. They are both fundamental and profound, inner-directed and outward-reaching. God gave us ten words that establish identity: ours and his. The Ten Commandments constitute a “Declaration of Dependence.” They affirm our dependence on God and each other. Some years ago, a well-known media magnate issued his own update of the commandments. The old, “negative” ones, he declared had become so much religious baggage. He offered the world an alternative list of ten