This Texas Mall-Owner Offers Shoppers Hope With 10 Commandments Monument

Caitlin Burke
11-17-2017

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The owner of a mall in Lewisville, Texas, is looking to bring new life to the shopping center. He's renovating and redecorating and the new centerpiece is an eight-foot tall monument of the Ten Commandments.

"We're not trying to overwhelm anyone or make a statement. We just believe in the Lord's love," owner John Bushman told Dallas News. "That's the sole reason. We hope when someone sees it, it will touch their heart and give them new hope that day."

Bushman owns several other businesses in Texas, Colorado and New Mexico--all of them display the Ten Commandments. 

He wants the newly named Music City Mall at Vista Ridge to be a "wholesome family place," that the community sees as a place to gather--whether to watch local musicians perform, take family photos or visit with Santa on Saturdays leading up to Christmas.

The Ten Commandments monument will be on a first floor level in a visible location and Bushman hopes it will be ready and installed within the next few months.

"In times of turbulence in the world," Bushman said, "we're sharing peace and the Lord's love. We all need more of that."
 

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Caitlin Burke serves as National Security Correspondent and a general assignment reporter for CBN News. She has also hosted the CBN News original podcast, The Daily Rundown. Some of Caitlin’s recent stories have focused on the national security threat posed by China, America’s military strength, and vulnerabilities in the U.S. power grid. She joined CBN News in July 2010, and over the course of her career, she has had the opportunity to cover stories both domestically and abroad. Caitlin began her news career working as a production assistant in Richmond, Virginia, for the NBC affiliate WWBT
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