Ethical relativists have moved into our lives like a horde of invading barbarians threatening to conquer the land. Increasingly, people seem to be succumbing to the enemy. Many today say, "Nothing is absolute, not God, not the Bible, not the Ten Commandments." The only absolute for many people today seems to be the statement, "There are no absolutes." Guess again.

The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17) are biblical correctives for a society that too easily has been overcome by the ethical relativists who have invaded and permeated our institutions and popular culture with a soul-degrading downgrade in ethics. When someone says, "Everything's relative; nothing is written in stone," we can reply, "Think again." The Ten Commandments (written on stone) are not ten suggestions. The Ten Laws of …