Minister’s Corner: Clarification of the Sixth Commandment

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance The sixth commandment is short. “Thou shalt not kill.” In the 46 times the word is used in the Old Testament, almost every usage carries the sense of willful hurtfulness or intentional desire to inflict an injury on others, often in the form of blood vengeance and murder. In short, the sixth commandment commands us not to…