A 2005 report of the Inter-Anglican Liturgical Commission addressed the issue of the elements used in the Lord’s Supper in Anglican churches. The Commission reported that a surprising variety of substances had been used as substitutes for bread and wine in the Supper, including rice cakes, biscuits, round cake, Coca-Cola, Fanta, banana juice, pineapple juice, passion fruit, and raisins boiled in water.…
“The LORD said to Moses, “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’” –Exodus 16:2,3 Only forty five days had passed since the Israelites had left the land of Egypt. Those forty five…
“ Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” – John 15:9-17 According to a December 2012 article in The Guardian, the phrase “What is love?” was the most searched for phrase on Google in 2012. In search of an answer to the question, the Guardian gathered the studied opinions of five “experts.” Theoretical Physicist…
T. David Gordon is a theologian and professor of Religion and Greek at Grove City College. A practicing Anglican, Gordon has authored numerous articles and books on the phenomenon of Contemporary Worship in American Christianity. In an October 2014 article, Gordon penned eight reasons for what he sees as the imminent decline of Contemporary Worship Music. To begin with, Gordon clarifies that…
One of the ubiquitous symbols of the pan-denominational contemporary worship craze is the designation “Worship Leader.” If your church’s worship service acknowledges a Worship Leader, it is cause for you to sit up and take notice. Seeming innocent enough, Worship Leader appears nowhere in Scripture. That in itself doesn’t make it wrong, but it does stand in stark contrast to titles which…