2009-09-18T10:05:45-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/mother+and+father/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2020:12&version=NIV 2009-09-18T10:05:45-05:00 The fifth of the Ten Commandments instructs us to honor our parents. Stable family relationships are important in the Bible--and while the realities of our sinful world sometimes make it impossible, whenever we can, we are called to show respect to our fathers and mothers.