T.M. Moore
T. M. Moore is principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He and his wife, Susie, make their home in the Champlain Valley of Vermont.
Books by T. M. Moore
The Ninth Commandment
9.2 Be truthful to your neighbor
Do not lie to, deceive, or otherwise deal falsely or dishonestly with your neighbor.
The Ninth Commandment
Deuteronomy 23.21-23
“‘If you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.The Ninth Commandment
9.1 Be truthful to God
We are to be holy to the Lord in all things and diligent to fulfill our vows.
The Eighth Commandment
Deuteronomy 20.10-18
“‘When you draw near to a city to fight against it, offer terms of peace to it.The Ninth Commandment
The Commandment
God is a God of Truth, and He has entrusted to us a stewardship of His Truth, such that we must always be diligent to speak the truth in love, and to deal truthfully with God and with our neighbor.
The Eighth Commandment
8.7 Do justice in time of war
Wage war when necessary without fear and in order to secure the promises of God.
The Eighth Commandment
Exodus 21.26, 27
“When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye.The Eighth Commandment
Deuteronomy 15.12-18
“‘If your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.The Eighth Commandment
8.6 Regulate slavery
Slavery was allowed in ancient Israel, but only within strict parameters of justice and fairness for the enslaved.
The Eighth Commandment
Deuteronomy 14.28, 29
“‘At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns.The Eighth Commandment
Deuteronomy 15.9-10
“‘Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, “The seventh year, the year of release is near,” and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the LORD against you, and you be guilty of sin.The Eighth Commandment
Leviticus 19.9, 10
“When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest.