Here’s a chapter from the recently published festschrift* for Robert Godfrey published by Westminster Seminary California. The Reformation Of The Supper, by Kim Riddlebarger, advocates weekly celebration of the supper. I think his essay is a sound biblical, historical and practical examination of the practice. Here’s a link to details on the book itself. *Festschrift …

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At the recent General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia we shared a time of worship at which we celebrated the Lord’s Supper. As the elements were being distributed through the large church an operatic baritone (seriously) sang verses from ‘To See The King Of Heaven Fall’, also known as ‘Gethsemane Hymn’. Another composition …

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This morning at mgpc we sang the hymn ‘According to your (thy) gracious word’ as a communion song. The tune which we used is called ‘Ballerma’ and it is also popularly used as a tune for the hymn ‘Approach my soul the mercy seat’. ‘Approach my soul…’ was written by John Newton, author of ‘Amazing …

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