The word “piety” denotes how one relates to God. There is tension in evangelicalism today as to how we “do” piety. I suppose this is, in no small part, down to the mixed marriage that spawned evangelicalism: Pietism and Puritanism. Roger Olson comments on this strange blend: ..Noll, like many other historians of evangelicalism, seems [...]
Posts Tagged ‘The Lord’s Supper’
biblical piety versus charismatic piety
Posted in evangelical wackiness, Piety, Practice, Theology, tagged evangelicalism, miscellaneous, Piety, Practice, The Lord's Supper, Theology on April 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
quickening the communion service part 3
Posted in Piety, Practice, tagged Brethren Theology, The Lord's Supper on February 9, 2010 | 18 Comments »
Some final suggestions: Sing Scripture. Imagine someone told you that a hymn book had been written by God himself. How eager would you be to get a copy and start using it? We have such a hymn book in the Psalms, yet we rarely, if ever, use it. I reject totally the argument which states [...]
quickening the communion service part 2
Posted in Piety, Practice, tagged Brethren Theology, The Lord's Supper on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing from the earlier post: Stress God’s holiness. It is an awesome thing to take communion. Let a person examine himself commanded the apostle in 1 Cor. 11:28. Failure to do so may result in eating and drinking judgement upon ones’ self (v29, 30). A realisation that unworthy eating may result in your premature death [...]
quickening the communion service part 1
Posted in Piety, Practice, Uncategorized, tagged Brethren Theology, The Lord's Supper on February 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In my last post, I extolled the virtues of the brethren communion service. I love the communion service; it’s the high point of my Sunday. But there’s no getting away from the fact that sometimes it can be murder (Glaswegian parlance for hard going.) In my next two posts, I’ll offer some suggestions that would [...]
brethren communion services
Posted in Piety, Practice, tagged Brethren Theology, The Lord's Supper on February 6, 2010 | 24 Comments »
Something central to the piety and practice of brethren churches has been the communion service. Mostly, these services are held weekly and revolve around the Lord’s Supper. As tradition normally would have it, the ‘elements’ (bread and wine/grape juice) are placed on a table in the middle of a room with four sections of seating, [...]
thoughts on the subjects of baptism
Posted in Theology, tagged baptism, The Lord's Supper on January 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, finally I’m getting some clarity with respect to the subjects of baptism. Here’s my thoughts: Baptists and paedobaptists generally both have an age of accountability. The baptists only administer baptism at this point and the pbs only administer the Lord’s Supper at this point. If pbs are happy to delay the Supper, then why [...]
