Our Father and God, You have established Your Church as a royal priesthood in this world, and so we intercede for the nations of men now, confessing on their behalf so that the grace of Your forgiveness will soon be extended to them all. Father, we confess to You that the modern world is in …
Sacramental Tomfoolery
The next chapter of Venema’s book addresses paedocommunion in the history of the Church, and he provides us with a judicious and fair treatment. Lane’s response to that chapter is here. Venema handles the material from the fathers competently, grants clear evidence where clear evidence is present, and also gives a fair hearing to the …
To His Own Master/Palm Sunday 2009
INTRODUCTION: We have many times addressed how much we need to learn how to define our days in Christian terms. The salvation that Jesus Christ brought to the world was a public salvation. He was crucified in the public square, and His resurrection was not done in secret. Connected to this, we have to recognize …
Qualifications or Requirements?
Just a few more brief comments, and we can move on. Thanks to Lane for his reply on Venema’s definition of soft paedocommunion. On 1 Cor. 10:17, my point is that it doesn’t matter how you translate it — the basic point remains the same. If the loaf is the body (KJV), then all who …
The Refusal of Bread to Bread
Lane has responded to me here. Just a couple of things, and I am ready to move on to Venema’s next chapter. First, Lane has not yet responded to whether or not Venema would consider him a soft paedocommunionist. It seems to me that according to the definitions, that is the way it would have …
Do So More and More
Last week we prayed for some dear brothers and sisters who were facing starvation, and we urged you—as the Lord led—to give to our famine relief fund. In concert with our fellow CREC congregations, we are happy to say that over 40 thousand dollars has been raised, just over half of what we needed for …
Tokens of Affection
The Lord is kind to us in the tokens of His affection that He gives. He gives them in all affection and kindness, and we are to receive them in the same way. But as we have seen in the sermon today, these are tokens, not props. God loves us through His Word, through His …
A Photo Negative Deuteronomy
Our Father and God, You have established Your Church as a royal priesthood in this world, and so we intercede for the nations of men now, confessing on their behalf so that the grace of Your forgiveness will soon be extended to them all. Father, we confess to You that the nations of men have …
All Who Are Bread Should Get Bread
Lane and I have both posted our first response to Venema’s book, and then Lane responded to my post here. There is some good discussion going on in the comments thread over there. Let’s try to do the same here, and maybe we can figure out how a doctrinal disagreement should be handled. Then we …
The Dragon in Your Heart
Green Baggins and I have agreed to blog through Cornelius Venema’s new book on paedocommunion entitled Children at the Lord’s Table? Lane has already posted his first response, and here is mine. In the first chapter, Venema begins with the right question. “On what basis should anyone be admitted to the Lord’s Table?” (p. 1). …