Is the Conclusion to the Ten Commandments something new to you?  If you have gone through catechism instruction in the Lutheran church as a youth, the chances are extremely high that you covered the Conclusion. 

Does coveting sound simple? Maybe on paper or in the sterile screen of a blog post, but in practice controlling our emotions and thoughts is really difficult.

False testimony might be something people do in court when they don’t tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth.  False testimony, and the 8th Commandment, is actually a little more than that.  As Martin Luther explained in his Small Catechism, keeping this commandment is done when we protect our reputation and our neighbor’s reputation.  As the thousands of years have gone by since our God gave this commandment, this hasn’t gotten any easier.