Twelve playbooks for real life.
Each playbook takes one of the twelve core laws and turns it into steps you can follow this week. Each one has the steps, where it goes wrong, and one practice.
Every playbook has the same shape. The top is short and plain: the rule, why it matters, the steps, where it goes wrong, and one practice for this week. Below that, Go deeper shows the pattern across the whole Bible, the original words, and a worked example. Hard passages are shown in three layers: what it says, the rule underneath, and what people added.
Which law goes where
| Playbook | Core law |
|---|---|
| 01 · How to be a person | 1 God first · 3 Image, not tool |
| 02 · How to love | 2 Love the actual person |
| 03 · How to protect the weak | 4 Protect the weakest |
| 04 · How to speak and keep your word | 5 Tell the truth · 6 Keep your word |
| 05 · How to work | 7 Work honestly |
| 06 · How to handle money | 8 Enough, and give |
| 07 · How to keep margin | 9 Keep margin |
| 08 · How to rest | 10 Rest |
| 09 · How to lead | 11 Power serves |
| 10 · How to repair | 12 Repair |
| 11 · How to live together | 2, 6, 11 at home and in community |
| 12 · How to decide | All twelve, as one loop |
Money and balance are 05 to 08: work, money, margin, and rest.
How to be a person
You are not the owner, and no one is a tool. Laws 1 and 3.
Playbook 02How to love
Love the actual person in front of you, starting with the hardest one. Law 2.
Playbook 03How to protect the weak
Check every rule by what it does to the person with the least power. Law 4.
Playbook 04How to speak and keep your word
Say what is true, and do what you said. Laws 5 and 6.
Playbook 05How to work
Work hard, deal fair, pay on time. Law 7.
Playbook 06How to handle money
Enough is a number. Give first, from the top. Law 8.
Playbook 07How to keep margin
Save in good years, leave the edges, and don’t let debt own you. Law 9.
Playbook 08How to rest
Stop on a set day, and let everyone under you stop too. Law 10.
Playbook 09How to lead
Authority is a loan. Use it for the people under you. Law 11.
Playbook 10How to repair
Name it, pay it back, forgive, start again. Law 12.
Playbook 11How to live together
Home, friends, and church run on the same twelve laws. Laws 2, 6, 11.
Playbook 12How to decide
When no rule fits, run the twelve laws as a checklist. All laws.