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Monthly Archives: August 2006
Now that the Dust Is Beginning to Settle…
I need to troubleshoot a couple of issues related to the new server. A reader indicates the RSS feed is only sending sporadic updates. Is anybody else out there having that problem? (I know it might be on his end … Continue reading
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Ain't It the Truth
Internet Monk nails it yet again: When you are a follower of Jesus, one of the things you learn is that you aren?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t going to make many people happy when you start talking about what Jesus means. If you are … Continue reading
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Unique Discoveries
I’ve run across some interesting blogs the past couple of days. They’re all new to me, although I think most of them have been around for some time. Some of them have either already been added to my blogroll or … Continue reading
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Free-Church Communion: Variations
Now that we have learned the basic structure of the traditional communion service and discussed some of the details of its implementation, it is time to consider ways to add variety to our observance. The stock response to the idea … Continue reading
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Free-Church Communion: Breaking and Giving
After the bread and the cup are prepared, they are meant to be consumed. This is accomplished in the next two movements of the historic liturgical pattern. Breaking The breaking of bread was originally a purely functional matter: the bread … Continue reading
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Free-Church Communion: Taking and Blessing
Last time we talked about the basic structure by which Christians have celebrated the Lord’s Supper for 95% of church history. Now we’ll begin to flesh out some of the details of how this structure can be implemented in a … Continue reading
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Free-Church Communion: Basics
If you’re church is committed to a particular service book or worship directory, chances are you already celebrate the Lord’s Supper in a way that broadly conforms to the ancient, ecumenical pattern. We free-church folk (Baptists, Nazarenes, Pentecostals, and such) … Continue reading
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Towards Baptist Catholicity
I hadn’t heard of this book (the first chapter of which is aptly reviewed by Sean the Baptist), but it will be going on my ever-expanding Amazon wishlist as soon as it becomes available there. Related: Mere Catholicity Share this: … Continue reading
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Just Quit!
In an exclusive to The Holy Observer, an unnamed heavenly spokesbeing has announced that God will no longer permit use of the word “just” in prayers. Not a century too soon if you asked me. Share this: Digg this postRecommend … Continue reading
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All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Greek
I donated an old beginning Greek text to my church library this Sunday and found a copy of this tucked away inside. It’s a little piece I wrote to inspire first-year Greek students lo these many years ago. Figured I’d … Continue reading
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