What is the difference between reputation and character? Which is more important? Ultimately, our character should be the foundation of our reputation.

Obedience to God's laws brings great benefits. By living within the framework of what God has revealed, we receive the reward of developing godly character.

Obedience to God's instructions brings a Christian excellent benefits, and one of the greatest of these is working with God to grow in righteous character.

None of us is born with godly character; we develop it over a lifetime, working with God to develop right habits, conforming to God's holy characteristics.

God's prohibition against taking His name in vain covers a broad array of words and behaviors that reflect negatively upon Him.

Names not only identify but they also arouse associations. Biblically, a person's name held his reputation, a thing to be guarded and enhanced.

We cannot measure how much evil the tongue has perpetrated, for falsehoods disguised as truth have destroyed reputations and even nations.

The world is so full of lying and other forms of deceit that 'bearing false witness' has become a way of life for the vast majority of humanity.

If the past is good, the present can't hurt you, and if the past is bad, it will haunt you. In Wordsworth's words, 'The child is the father of the man.'

Wisdom can be defined as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to the right measure. Wisdom is not given as a whole, but incrementally.

A community can only be established upon a foundation of stability and truth. Our relationships must be based upon God's truth, producing faithfulness.

We must embody truth as did Jesus Christ, absolutely refusing to bear false witness in our words, our behavior, and our cumulative reputation.

Many think the third commandment deals only with euphemisms and swearing, but it goes much deeper. It regulates the quality of our worship and glorifying God.

A name has higher significance than an identifier, but also ties one down, committing one to a destiny.

Many singles have found dating in the church difficult, consequently turning to the world for companionship, courting dangerous consequences.

We as Christians have the obligation or responsibility to provide a light or shining example in a darkened world that generally hates God's way.

Exploring whether we follow our faith because of conviction or convenience is an essential question we should ask when we seek to determine what motivates us.

Jesus' deliberately delayed His return to Bethany until Lazarus had died so that He could bolster the faith of Martha and His other disciples, then and now.

Along with the central paradox of Ecclesiastes 7, the chapter emphasizes the importance of an individual's lifelong search for wisdom.