Moses, The Ten Commandments, And Me

About the Book

In Moses, the Ten Commandments, and Me, Rev. Eaton re-excavates the familiar turf of the Ten Commandments to highlight their undeniable relevance to our modern lives, illuminating the writing of Moses within the contexts of language, history, and Moses' life experiences. With engaging illustrations pulled from his years of preaching and teaching, Eaton examines each commandment with reference to current political and social issues, extrapolating contemporary meaning from the ancient texts. Eaton shows, in relatable style, how these core directives apply perfectly to God's children in the 21st century. Now, as then, the Ten Commandments are revealed to be the blueprint for happy relationships and living life as God would have us live it—that is, "abundantly."

About the Author

Hal H. Eaton has been a Baptist preacher for more than 65 years. He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, and started preaching at 19. After college in Missouri, he attended Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Kansas. He spent 20 years as a Navy chaplain, crossing the Pacific 40 times. In 1971, he became the religion teacher and chaplain at Oak Hill Academy, a Baptist boarding high school in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, a tiny town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He pastored Young's Chapel Baptist Church adjacent to the school's campus for 21 years. He has had the opportunity (and he continues) to talk theology with people of nearly every background and belief system. He and his wife of 67 years, Marjorie Bean Eaton, continue to live in the home they built in Mouth of Wilson, maintaining close ties to Oak Hill and Young's Chapel.