This meal is a meal of all grace. When we shrink back from it, we do so (most often) because of our sins. But because it is a meal of grace, all the arguments we might construct out of our sins do not and cannot work. This is because grace is there because of our sins, it … [Read more...]
Those Darts Are Doubts
This meal is offered to you as a means of grace. It is one of God’s great instruments for building your faith, for encouraging you in your walk, for establishing your assurance. Ah, there’s the problem, some of you might be saying . . . assurance. If only I had it. You think you … [Read more...]
Some Kind of Zen Presbyterianism . . .
I received a good question from a friend about yesterday's post concerning Rachel Held Evans and communion, a question that had to do with how we fence the Table. In order to be able to get at the issues involved, let me remove it entirely from this dispute about RHE so we can … [Read more...]
If You Start Purple, Finish Purple
Today Rachel Held Evans tweeted that despite her disagreements with him, she would be happy to come to the Lord's Table with John Piper any time. No matter what, he's a brother. A brother who creates a big-time abusive environment for blaming the victim, but still a brother, … [Read more...]