The Ten Commandments: Laws of the Heart

"The Ten Commandments are laws of the heart, not laws of the commonwealth. They are laws that last, that lead us to fullness of life—beyond the culture, above the culture, and more enduring than the culture. All the Sinai Tablets on the walls of all the courtrooms in the land will not assure us of justice if we do not have hearts already shaped by what the sculptures signify. All the prayers and prayer meetings in the world which we hold in public schools in a pluralistic society will not m...