The Ranger win streak reached 9 last night with an 8-2 spanking of the Tigers in Detroit. That's the way to start a 14-day road trip! Kenny Rogers was once again masterful, allowing a leadoff home run to Brandon Inge, then settling into to allow only 2 more hits over 7 innings. The Gambler finished the month of May by going 6-0 and has now win 7 starts in a row. Can you say American League Pitcher of the Month?
For the second consecutive game, every player in the lineup recorded at least one hit with Kevin Mench going deep for the 9th time this year.
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This coming Sunday, we will begin "A Summer at Sinai." The Ten Commandments are not arbitrary edicts from a cosmic killjoy; they are the loving instructions of a gracious Father.
For years, I have wondered about the context of the Ten Commandments? Why ten? Why in the immediate aftermath of Egyptian deliverance? Was God's intent in delivering them from Egyptian bondage to enslave them again with arbitrary commandments?
And it hit me that the proper context to understand the Ten Commandments begins, not with Exodus 20 but with Exodus 19! Exodus 19 paints a sterling picture of the graciousness of God. It is a call to remember -- remember the deliverance of God. Remember the grace of God. Remember the salvation of God.
The means of sanctifying Israel (The Ten Commandments) follows on the heels of God's salvation of Israel. In that vein, the Ten Commandments are not arbitrary, but a precursor of what was to come in the New Testament.
Maybe the covenants are not so much a contrast as they are a consistent revelation of the grace of a loving, compassionate Father of mercy.
