Church renewal proposals: communion and Sunday services
- Are Jake Meador's church-renewal proposals actually worth adopting?
The hosts react to writer Jake Meador's '15 proposals for ecclesial reform' from the Mere Orthodoxy blog, voting thumbs up or down. Proposal one, weekly communion with congregants coming forward, a common cup, and elders praying with children not yet confirmed, splits them: they like elders praying with kids but balk at the common cup. Proposal two, morning and evening Sunday services with catechism and congregational prayer, gets a warm reception in principle, with doubts about whether people would actually come.
More on Communion
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'Do not deny anyone communion ever': the hard question
- Is it true that no one should ever be denied communion?
A listener statement brought via a Twitter question argues communion is never to be denied ('Remember, Jesus fed Judas').
From No. 512 · She Knows, Right?
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Dear LFTP: sobriety and communion wine
- How should a recovering alcoholic handle communion wine at church?
A listener eighteen months sober writes that her church serves wine, not grape juice, for communion and she has been told to avoid all alcohol.
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GodIsImaginary proof 29: communion as cannibalism
- Is communion ritualistic cannibalism?
The hosts walk through proof 29 of the GodIsImaginary.com 50-proofs series, which argues communion (Mark 14, Luke 22, John 6:53) looks like ritualistic cannibalism.
From No. 127 · December 17 2012
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Rebutting proof 28 and a preview of proof 29
- How do you know your God is the right one?
The hosts answer proof 28: the counterfeit-dollar analogy (one true answer among 20 wrong ones isn't disproven by the crowd), the category error of lumping the biblical God with…
From No. 126 · December 10 2012