God's Top Ten List

Book excerpt: God's Top Ten List approaches the Ten Commandments not as a list of do's and don'ts, but rather as a path toward personal peace and social renewal. In messages liberally sprinkled with gripping illustrations, Robert Kopp explores the timeless truth of the commandments, and notes that they are God's recipe for achieving a happy and satisfying life. Good sermons are hard to come by -- but Bob Kopp comes by them with uncanny regularity. Kopp understands our culture as few preachers do, and addresses crucial issues of our time with biblical faithfulness and prophetic insight. Tony Campolo noted author and preacher Professor of Sociology, Eastern College Robert Kopp's writing is original, intriguing, provocative, biblical, and at times confrontational. One thing he never is: boring! Michael Duduit, Editor Preaching magazine Robert Kopp blends an ironclad private faith with a colorful, comprehensive, and coherent public expression. He leads readers to want to know more and more, until they find they have been led to the very feet of Jesus.... I commend these chapters not only for personal comfort and stimulation, but also for a re-introduction to an informed and educated faith that can make all the difference. Paul G. Watermulder First Presbyterian Church Burlingame, California The Rev. Dr. Kopp writes with the keen and timely insight of a prophet and the heart of a pastor -- ever drawing the individual believer as well as the Body of Christ into closer fellowship with the Lord. Steve Wilson Oakmont Presbyterian Church Oakmont, Pennsylvania Robert R. Kopp is pastor of Center Presbyterian Church in McMurray, Pennsylvania. A maxima cum laude graduate of King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, he has also earned degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Div.) and Drew University (D.Min.). In addition to having served as adjunct professor of expository preaching at Nazarene Theological Seminary, he has pastored churches in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina, and Missouri. Kopp's sermons have been featured in such periodicals as Preaching, Pulpit Digest, and Vital Sermons of the Day, as well as in Great Preaching and the Abingdon Preaching Annual. Kopp is the author of Don't Forget This! and Golf In The Real Kingdom (CSS).