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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.”

(Matthew 22 : 37 - 40 NET)

Well, I need to be out of the townhouse starting April 29th, so either I can find some accomodations in town or look around outside of it. Given that I still haven't confirmed accomodations for May and onwards, I don't really want to book a flight back to BC for that weekend in case it turns out that I need to be in town then. That leaves either staying in town or visiting some place within driving distance.

Currently I'm debating heading to Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, which straddles the Alberta/Saskatchewan border, for that weekend. Not everything is open until mid-May, but it might still be interesting to poke around there. Failing that, well ... err ... the town of Maple Creek, about 30 km North of there, was established during the construction of the CPR.

Earlier today I was having a conversation with someone who wanted to talk about God, but we started going in circles when it came to the issue of whether or not people who had never seen a Bible would go to hell or not. I was hoping you'd have some ideas on how to respond to this concern of non-Christians.

The person basically said that people who have never read a Bible but live their lives peacefully and lovingly never knew about the covenant laws and therefore how could God decide they should go to hell?

In case you were wondering I did share the "Good Policeman" story taken from the World according to God by Greg Johnson about why God needs to punish evil. They understood that but couldn't seem to grasp the idea that all humans sin because of the pervading idea in society that people are "basically good."

I also mentioned that none of us are more worthy than the others. Any ideas on this topic would be appreciated because I don't fully understand it myself...

We ought always to provide that no meeting of the Church is held without ...the dispensation of the Supper

- John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion 4.17.44

Should the Lord's supper be celebrated each week?

(This is one thing that distinguishes the church that my parents currently attend from the CanRC)