In the comments of a similar post elsewhere I noticed a pro-choice person making the point that 10-25% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. The commenter asked “Why does God murder so many children?” I found I didn’t have a comment-conducive response for this. I think the simplest response would be “God is sovereign over the biology, and you don’t have the right to question his actions, nor do you have the right to try and play God over your own biology, deciding which baby doesn’t make it to term.”
What do you think?

I just finish reading Church 3.0 by Neil Cole and much of what I shared is in one of the later chapters of the book. Of course Neil’s is well thought out and organized with life examples compared to my rambling. It is an excellent read. One of the best chapters examines the different churches in the NT and challenges the premise that the church in Jerusalem is the “model church” for us to follow today.

Take care brother,
Russ

EnnisP,
Thank you for the encouraging words.

Before reaching this place I actually wrote a book arguing that alcohol of any kind for any reason, other than medicinal, was biblically disallowed. Points in the book are still useful for encouraging moderation but I no longer consider prohibition a worthy cause.

Thanks for writing

Communion was meant to be so much more than it is today. It was meant to be a feast with Christ at the center. The symbolism is so strong that it is meant to be used in sharing the good news with those over a meal and was never meant to exclude non believers. Jesus himself, shared the meal along with many other meals with Judas. He had used the same terminology throughout his ministry so that the final meal was the finishing touch on what the feast was meant to represent. Jesus was consistent in his ministry with the breaking of bread and then talking about how it represented His life

We no longer have a feast but we have a tiny wafer a cup of grape juice. Plus we exclude people from partaking of the feast based on a passage in 1 Corinthians 11 that was written to believers as a warning not to exclude other believers from the feast. There were believers even getting sick and some died as a result of not sharing in the feast.

Most inward practices within the church need to return to their outward meaningful purpose. Normal everyday Christians need to think about how Lord’s supper can be an opportunity to share with their neighbors in the giving and breaking of bread. It is a natural way to share the gospel in a non threatening manner.

It doesn’t take a priest to bless the bread and grape juice! Lest we forget just before the Lord’s supper that our Lord commanded us not to Lord it over one another as the disciples to see who was the greatest.

Thanks again Keith for your boldness!