What in the World is a Sacrament? (Audio) Click link
The two Sacraments are Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, or Communion. But the interpretations of these two great events can differ wildly even within the orthodox Evangelical environment. Is anything “spiritual” actually happening when we come together for Communion? Does “Do this in remembrance of me.”, imply that the ritual can be reduced to a mere memorial? Since we are not under the ceremonial law, why these ceremonies? What about the “elements”? For 1900 years the churches used wine. Is grape juice acceptable? What about Pepsi and cookies? Should everyone be invited to participate? Or just Christians? How will we measure who the Christians are? Profession of faith? Church Membership? Is Baptism the cause of salvation? A means of salvation? A sign of salvation? Irrelevant to salvation? Should only adult professors of belief be baptized? What about the little children? What in the world is a sacrament seems like a simple enough question but the answers can get very complicated.
Christopher Neiswonger, Lindsay Brooks, and Pastor Kent Moorlach of Communion Presbyterian Church of Irvine CA
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Josh Hicks
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Anyone else having an issue the past month or so with the apologetics.com podcasts being very low sound quality? This one on the sacraments is the same way. It has a very high pitched tinniness to it (if tinniness is a word) that makes me have to turn it off after a few minutes.
If it is a problem on my side, if anyone has ideas on what to try to fix it that would be great. If others are having the same problem, then hopefully it can be taken care of on the other end so we can continue to enjoy this great ministry.
Comment by Michael Bridge — July 7, 2009 @ 8:49 am |