When Love Isn't Love “Love is Love.” Have you seen this slogan on a bumper sticker or protest sign? If you have, you can almost always draw several conclusions about the righteousness—or not—of the cause it is being used to justify. More to the point, you know that this seemingly self-evident statement is wrong. But why? It’s because one word, “love,” is used in two very different ways. The first meaning for “love” in that slogan is “the action I want to justify.” The second

"Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain" (Exodus...

The first of the 10 Commandments says “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” This commandment found in Exodus 20 is startling to most...