The Tulip Driven Life

Those who recognize children of believers belong to the covenant sometimes make the error of also admitting them to partake of the bread and the wine as infants, or at least babies. Even among paedocommunion advocates, there is a surprising amount of variety, some admitting to the table from birth, others waiting until anywhere between 1-3 years old, for various reasons, usually tied to physically being able to digest the bread/wine or being weaned from the mother's milk.  But the Lord's Supper is a spiritual meal, requiring spiritual teeth, faith, to truly feed on Christ and be nourished at the table meal. So here is a brief reply I gave to some paedocommunion guys who charge paedobaptists like myself of being inconsistent and "excomunnicating" our covenant children from the Lord's Table:  Infants and babies are always part of the family, and usually literally join at the dinner table/high chair around the table for family meals. They are not "unwelcome...

 By: Thomas F. Booher  I was once told online by Wayne Sparkman, who I believe is the historian of the PCA, that The Arraignment of Error by Samuel Bolton needs to be read by ministers and members in our Reformed/Presbyterian churches today. Sadly, this book is out of print, and is hard to get a copy. I got a copy a couple years ago, and have just now gotten around to reading it with some care. I wish I had sooner. I am going to quote from the book freely, beginning in the 11th chapter, which really gets to the meat of the book and many of the continuing controversies in Reformed circles over doctrine, authority of eldership/presbyteries, etc., and who may judge rulings by elders, presbyteries, councils, who may dissent from the judgments of these authorities, etc.  I also recorded a video, as seen below, reading and interspersing my comments on contemporary issues in our Reformed/Presbyterian Churches. I recorded on my iPad, which was a mistake. The audio and video are n...