tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360315.post1446657789020254857..comments2023-10-22T03:00:28.396-06:00Comments on Aspiring PolyMathis: Thoughts on Weekly Communion...So What?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360315.post-31265856669764796272007-06-18T16:06:00.000-06:002007-06-18T16:06:00.000-06:00On a happier note: why does this firefox pop-up bo...On a happier note: why does this firefox pop-up box (for the comments) not expand? The words almost cut off on the right side?polymathishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122383984552473728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360315.post-46942264105178550822007-06-18T16:05:00.000-06:002007-06-18T16:05:00.000-06:00You are forgiven.You are forgiven.polymathishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122383984552473728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360315.post-86086585770062975542007-06-18T15:24:00.000-06:002007-06-18T15:24:00.000-06:00Shawn:Uncharitable was a poor word choice. Please...Shawn:<BR/><BR/>Uncharitable was a poor word choice. Please forgive me for that.james3v1https://www.blogger.com/profile/07916272327406068707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360315.post-32636912672379650582007-06-13T06:24:00.000-06:002007-06-13T06:24:00.000-06:00Hi Shawn,Just to clarify ... I don't detect any wa...Hi Shawn,<BR/><BR/>Just to clarify ... I don't detect any want of charity on your part. I've downloaded your monograph and I look forward to reading it. Please remember our General Assembly in your prayers.<BR/><BR/>Cordially, and charitably,<BR/>LarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360315.post-39365157879306425462007-06-12T10:55:00.000-06:002007-06-12T10:55:00.000-06:00One other thought, "In fact, being a conservative ...One other thought, "In fact, being a conservative Presbyterian my starting position is the historical practice of the church."<BR/><BR/>Really?<BR/><BR/>Wasn't the Reformation about the tradition of the Church vs. the Word of God? Certainly the default position is to submit to the doctrines of the Church until one is bound by the Word and conscience to do otherwise. But I know of no historic document of the church that binds a local congregation to monthly or annual or quarterly or weekly communion. Do you?<BR/><BR/>The Directory for Worship from the Westminster Assembly leaves the frequency of Communion celebration to the local elders. You know, the guys that penned that larger catechism you quoted?<BR/><BR/>If the Word of God either allows or prescribes weekly communion then the historic practice of the reformed church is irrelevant.james3v1https://www.blogger.com/profile/07916272327406068707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360315.post-48522021230454432192007-06-12T09:42:00.000-06:002007-06-12T09:42:00.000-06:00Shawn:Your assertion, "Weekly Communion has not be...Shawn:<BR/><BR/>Your assertion, "Weekly Communion has not been practiced in the Reformed faith. Period." is misleading at best. Getting past how you uncharitably quoted Larry Wilson out of context, one might assume by this comment that no great thinker has ever in the Reformed faith pushed for weekly communion.<BR/><BR/>Since Calvin himself believed that the Lord's Supper ought to be celebrated at least weekly making bold statements like this is misleading at best, brother.<BR/><BR/>We disagree on this issue and you know it but making arguments in this manner is beneath your level of scholarship my friend.james3v1https://www.blogger.com/profile/07916272327406068707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360315.post-81710452559945109002007-06-12T09:14:00.000-06:002007-06-12T09:14:00.000-06:00Wow! Dear brother, I can't even agree with my own...Wow! Dear brother, I can't even agree with my own statement when it's two separate statements taken out of their context and put together to appear like one statement! These statements may or may not be wrong, but I hope your readers will at least read them in context before deciding. Then iron can truly sharpen iron and we can truly help one another grow in our faithfulness to God. Blessings in our Savior. Larry WilsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com