The Lord’s Supper at Faith Presbyterian Church No. 11 Conclusion As I mentioned to you last time, tonight I want to report to you the decisions that have been made by your ministers and elders regarding changes in our practice of the Lord’s Supper here at Faith Presbyterian Church. But, before I do, I want […]
The Lord’s Supper at Faith Presbyterian Church No. 10 The “Shape” No. 4 Review We are just about finished with this series on the practice of the Lord’s Supper. I know that some of you have wearied of this concentration on what may seem to you to be details. However, we are, as you know […]
The Lord’s Supper at Faith Presbyterian Church No. 9 The “Shape” No. 3 Review We are now considering the way the Lord’s Supper has been celebrated in Christian churches through the ages. We looked at what information is given us in the NT itself and then, last time, at some descriptions of early Christian Lord’s […]
The Lord’s Supper at Faith Presbyterian Church No. 8 The “Shape” No. 2 Review We have moved on now from the consideration of the elements to be used in the Lord’s Supper to the way in which the Supper is to be observed, practiced, celebrated. We considered last Lord’s Day evening what can be learned […]
The Lord’s Supper at Faith Presbyterian Church No. 7 The “Shape” No. 1 Review In our studies so far we have considered the proper elements to be used in the Lord’s Supper. We argued that those elements ought to be wine and leavened or normal bread. We now turn to the second large question […]
Revising the Practice of the Lord’s Supper at Faith Presbyterian Church No. 6 The Bread of the Lord’s Supper We have considered at some length the question of the use of wine in the Lord’s Supper. But a number of you asked me if, in moving to wine, we shouldn’t as well move to unleavened […]
Revising the Practice of the Lord’s Supper at Faith Presbyterian Church No. 5: Wine, No. 4 Review These past several Lord’s Day evenings we have been considering the arguments against the drinking of wine by Christians that led in the middle 19th century to the widespread practice in American evangelical Christianity of substituting grape juice for […]
Revising the Practice of the Lord’s Supper at Faith Presbyterian Church No. 4: Wine, No. 3 Review We are considering the question of the use of wine in the Lord’s Supper. We have been, over the past two Lord’s Day evenings, using the arguments against Christians using wine, and by extension using it in the Lord’s […]
Revising the Practice of the Lord’s Supper at Faith Presbyterian Church No. 3: Wine No. 2 Review We began this series two Lord’s Day evening’s ago by reviewing the many changes that have been made in our worship over the years, some of the rationale for those changes, and explaining why, at this particular historical moment, […]
Revising the Practice of the Lord’s Supper at Faith Presbyterian Church No. 2: Wine, No. 1 Review Last week we reviewed the changes to our worship that have been put into effect one by one over the years as a way of putting into context some further changes that are now in mind. We also pointed […]