Do you think that the "Reformed" churches overemphasize the ten commandments?
I think that it might have been on one of the flood of new podcasts popping up, but I recall a couple of people debating which of the commandments a particular person was breaking when they did something. That entire conversation seemed a little silly to me. If its wrong then it's wrong - why the need to classify it as a violation of some particular commandment?
This whole conversation led me to the question that is the title of this post. Do you think that those denominations dubbed Reformed overemphasize the position of the ten commandments?
It's not that there's anything wrong with these commandments, but should we focus on anything more than what is described in Matthew 22?:
Jesus said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.â€
(Matthew 22 : 37 - 40 NET)
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Scott
Wed, 2006-04-19 14:00
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Summarization is nice, but
Summarization is nice, but not generalization. People need specifics. Even the ten commandments aren't specific enough because Jesus had to expand on them.