In which our regular writers toss around
subjects a little more volatile than usual.
Tom: You and I were talking last week,
Immanuel Can, about this recent exchange of ideas I had with Crawford Paul at assemblyHUB — civilly, of course — on the subject
of worship, specifically what we refer to as the “Lord’s Supper”, that ended
with Crawford pointing out that “The topic is much bigger than this article”.
I couldn’t agree more, so I’ve written here and here about it. But I’d really like to explore
the subject a little more with you. What appears to be eating Crawford and
others is that the traditions they have grown up with about corporate worship
appear to be just that — largely
traditional, rather than scriptural.
This is
a subject I know you love, so I wouldn’t want to leave you out.
Specifically, I’m interested in exploring our corporate freedom
in worship, but not divorcing that from the issue of our corporate
responsibilities.
Immanuel
Can: Right. Count me in. Where would you like to start?