Perry Noble of NewSpring Church, the worship leader of 32,000, the largest church in South Carolina with multiple campuses, caused a theological stir with his Christmas Eve sermon in 2016, proclaiming that the Ten Commandments were not commandments, but only “promises” since the word for “commandments” is not in the Hebrew lexicon. Having this epiphany, he wrote a revolutionary sermon in ten minutes transforming “you shalt not” to “you are free …”

Reputable theologians challenged the irrefutable pastor regarding his exegesis. Though the Hebrew word used in the Torah can mean promises, it can also be interpreted as “declarations.” It would seem “Thou shall not…” is hardly a promise but most certainly a declaration, which is a commandment. Noble later confessed there was a Hebrew word for “co…