"How great the differences between the Last Supper celebrated by Jesus and a pontifical high Mass at St. Peter's in Rome - and also between the early baptisms by immersion described in the Acts of the Apostles and the baptisms of babies in our parishes! Why such a change in the …
This dissertation builds on a Reformed understanding of the Lord’s Supper but at the same time brings the historical context of the Last Supper to bear on it and critique it. All four Gospel accounts of the Last Supper highlight its Passover context. While in the Synoptic accoun…
This dissertation argues that believer’s baptism by immersion should precede communion as prerequisite to it, due to the explicit example of the New Testament, the assumed pattern that all believers are baptized, and a principle of analogy (continuity) from the necessity of circ…
Chapter one will frame the discussion on the importance of pastoral theology for North American pastors as seen in their approach to the Lord’s Supper. Chapter one will identify the research methodology for this dissertation in analyzing John Flavel’s sermons and books. The open…
This study attempts to understand Paul's term ekklesia in its political, social and cultural contexts. In the democratic Athens the ekklesia was the regular gathering of male Athenian citizens to listen to, discuss, and vote on decrees that affected every aspect of life. This ci…