In this book, Lochman presents an ethic illuminated by the Ten
Commandments. In wrestling to discover the meaning of human life, both
individual and social, his deepest concern has been with freedom under
the law. Lochman points out that no human society, however well equipped
technologically, can exist without a moral basis, without convictions
that are more than mere opportunism, pragmatism, and calculated
self-interest. This moral basis is provided by the Ten Commandments, the
Magna Charta of freedom. Lochman discusses current problem areas of
personal, sexual, and social ethics: worship of false gods, anxiety, the
work ethic and the cult of success, murder, terrorism, suicide,
abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, war, the new morality, and new
understandings of shared life in marriage. We have not been left to fend
for ourselves in the ordering of our lives. The guidance afforded by the
Ten Commandments, far from hindering or enslaving, in fact encourages
and liberates us. The Ten Commandments are 'signposts to freedom.'
--from the Preface Of the fifty or more books I have read on the Ten
Commandments, Jan Milic Lochman's Signposts to Freedom has to be in the
top two or three. His biblical scholarship is impeccable. His grasp of
the positive, inspiring meaning of the commands is second to none. And
his ability to communicate these powerful insights to a broad readership
is impressive. Four stars on all counts! -David W. Gill, author of Doing
Right: Practicing Ethical Principles All who teach the faith and all who
seek faith and understanding will find treasure here. --David Lewis,
translator Jan Milic Lochman was a professor of theology at Basel, lived
in Czechoslovakia until 1968 where he was a pastor and professor. He
also wrote 'Living Roots of Reformation', 'Encountering Marx, and Church
in a Marxist Society.'
