Comments on: A Rock and a Roll http://pursiful.com/2009/01/a-rock-and-a-roll/ Darrell Pursiful's blog Mon, 14 May 2012 13:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michael Westmoreland-White http://pursiful.com/2009/01/a-rock-and-a-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-1257 Michael Westmoreland-White Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:28:24 +0000 http://pursiful.com/?p=1213#comment-1257 It seems clear that the early Baptist views of communion were Calvinistic, not Zwinglian, much less the hyper-Zwinglianism of much modern Baptist thought and practice. I think the modern warped view is a product of Landmarkism, the great Baptist heresy. This would explain why even today British Baptists do not hesitate to use the term "sacrament" which is anathema to modern Baptists in North America. Count me among those who argue for a real presence, "feasting on Christ in our hearts." But then, I grew up among Wesleyan consubstantiationists and that may carry over. It seems clear that the early Baptist views of communion were Calvinistic, not Zwinglian, much less the hyper-Zwinglianism of much modern Baptist thought and practice. I think the modern warped view is a product of Landmarkism, the great Baptist heresy. This would explain why even today British Baptists do not hesitate to use the term “sacrament” which is anathema to modern Baptists in North America.

Count me among those who argue for a real presence, “feasting on Christ in our hearts.” But then, I grew up among Wesleyan consubstantiationists and that may carry over.

]]> By: Understanding the Memories of Communion « Eclectic Christian http://pursiful.com/2009/01/a-rock-and-a-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-1256 Understanding the Memories of Communion « Eclectic Christian Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:45:39 +0000 http://pursiful.com/?p=1213#comment-1256 [...] to Darrell Pursiful for the post that rekindled these [...] [...] to Darrell Pursiful for the post that rekindled these [...]

]]> By: Eclectic Christian - Michael Bell http://pursiful.com/2009/01/a-rock-and-a-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-1255 Eclectic Christian - Michael Bell Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:44:40 +0000 http://pursiful.com/?p=1213#comment-1255 What great analogies! Here is my own version, inspired by your post. For me, the best bread ever had to be from the times my Dad and I made bread on a stick, cooked over a fire, during winter camping with his Scout troop. Not only was it nourishment, but it warmed you up on the inside when the temperature might have been 20 below zero outside your snow shelter. Of course it wasn't just about the bread, it was about spending time with my Dad, and learning from my Dad, and all the memories associated with that. It is too bad that we don't have direct memories of that first event, so that I could remember Christ in the same way that I remember the time I spent with my Dad. But it definitely makes the link with the Lord's supper a lot more meaningful. And yes, this is an experience I am going to have to share with my kids this winter. And in doing so I will have to tell them the story of how I did it with my Dad, and how Christ did something similar with his disciples, and told them to continue to doing it as a way of remembering him. What great analogies! Here is my own version, inspired by your post.

For me, the best bread ever had to be from the times my Dad and I made bread on a stick, cooked over a fire, during winter camping with his Scout troop. Not only was it nourishment, but it warmed you up on the inside when the temperature might have been 20 below zero outside your snow shelter. Of course it wasn’t just about the bread, it was about spending time with my Dad, and learning from my Dad, and all the memories associated with that.

It is too bad that we don’t have direct memories of that first event, so that I could remember Christ in the same way that I remember the time I spent with my Dad. But it definitely makes the link with the Lord’s supper a lot more meaningful.

And yes, this is an experience I am going to have to share with my kids this winter. And in doing so I will have to tell them the story of how I did it with my Dad, and how Christ did something similar with his disciples, and told them to continue to doing it as a way of remembering him.

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