The Ten Commandments: A Foundation for Life

Written and presented by Walter Wangerin Jr., best-selling author of The Book of God and a professor at Valparaiso University, this thoughtful series of six-minute meditations on each of the ten commandments uses a stop-and-discuss format aided by the accompanying booklet of conversation starters. While appropriate for Catholic and mainstream Protestant churches, the combination of Old Testament rules with New Testament teaching places it outside the doctrinal realm of Jewish audiences. Wangerin appears to be addressing his comments to high school and college-age viewers in a rather odd, claustrophobic setting (it looks to be a staircase in Valparaiso University). An optional purchase where appropriate, although viewers would be much better served by the highly recommended set The Ten Commandments (VL-9/00). Aud: P. (R. Reagan)