A popular megachurch pastor says the Ten Commandments no longer apply and that Christians instead should focus on – and perhaps even post – Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.
Andy Stanley, author of the new book Irresistible and pastor of North Point Community Church in Georgia, asserts in a new column for Relevant that Jesus’ commandment in John 13:34 (“love one another”) replaced the Ten Commandments and old covenant.
“Jesus didn’t issue his new command as an additional commandment to the existing list of commands,” Stanley wrote.
“The early church moved past the old covenant – why haven’t we?” Stanley asked.
Debates over the public display of the Ten Commandments, he said, are unnecessary.
“You’ve heard the story before: A group of Christians puts up a monument of the Ten Commandments in a public space or on government property,” Stanley wrote. “Someone says it violates the separation of church and state. The Christians say taking it down would violate their freedom of speech. There’s some back and forth in court and both sides say some not-so-great things about the other. Rinse and repeat.”
“But how many times,” Stanley asked, “have you seen Christians trying to post the text of the sermon on the mount in a public place? Or the all-encompassing commandment Jesus gave us?”
Stanley quoted John…
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