The Eleventh Commandment: A Story of Success

By G. Vaughn Smith

This book is the story of a man who had reached the pinnacle of success then lost everything including his family, his health, his finances and even his job. Contemplating committing suicide, he... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972903860
• ISBN13: 9780972903868
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Thirsty Turtle Pr
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.8"

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The testimony of a man who suffered terrible loss and contemplated suicide, but chose instead to sea

The Eleventh Commandment: A Story of Success is the testimony of a man who suffered terrible loss and contemplated suicide, but chose instead to search for understanding of God. He read the New Testament of the Bible from cover to cover ten times over the next fourteen years, and discovered the dichotomy between organized Christianity versus the documented teachings of Jesus Christ. Now he presents what he has learned to the world at large. A passionate Christian who believes that strict adherence to Jesus Christ's teachings is sadly all too lacking in today's modern church; for example, the author points out that Jesus' saying "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery" implies that those who divorce and remarry are violating one of the ten commandments, yet most Protestant churches freely allow remarriage after divorce. The Eleventh commandment exhorts against how Christianity is misused to pursue personal and political agendas today - Jesus' teachings are not about electing people who will change the laws to force others to live as we demand, nor is it about accumulating wealth and living in personal comfort and complacency. Written with the intent to help bring enlightenment to both individual believers and organized religious institutions, The Eleventh Commandment is a passionate book about personal belief, individual actions of faith and charity, the transformation of turning over one's life to God, and how God is the one and only source to turn to for help in times of need.