Taking the Lord’s Name in Vain
Why this commandment doesn’t mean what you think it means.
6 min readNov 3, 2021
Growing up as I did in the Southern Baptist tradition, I was introduced very early to the notion of taking the Lord’s name in vain.
I understood from a young age that this commandment was important; that “taking the Lord’s name in vain” involved using any name of God as a swear word. This…
