Puritan Church Growth Study

For our final session, we looked at the description of some early Church liturgies around the Lord's Supper.  Specifically, we looked at the relevant sections of The Didache at

http://www.paracletepress.com/didache.html and sections from Justin Martyr's First Apology at

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.viii.ii.lxv.html.  We concluded that a biblical liturgy of the Lord's Supper will include (1) the warning, (2) thanks, (3) the words of institution, and (4) grace explained as being received in the past, present, and future (i.e., remembrance, communion, and hope, as the RCA liturgies dub them). 

We also noted the incontrovertible evidence that the Lord's Supper was received whenever the Church gathered for worship.

There will be no evening study for the next two weeks.  D.V., we will start a new study on Tuesday, April 17th.  Watch for more information!