The Lord's Supper
Daniel Hoffman
Seven Arguments Against Weekly Communion—Refuted

Every argument that I’ve ever heard against weekly communion is vapid at best.

Seven Arguments Against Weekly Communion—Refuted
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“Prudent” or “Self-Controlled”? (1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1–2)

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“Prudent” or “Self-Controlled”? (1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1–2)

It is not that the ESV’s use of “self-controlled” for σώφρων is incorrect. Rather, “prudent” better preserves the breadth of σώφρων, with self-control being one important manifestation of the virtue.

Republication and the “Substance” of the Mosaic Covenant

The primary point of this article is that such a republication position, by claiming there was a covenant of works or “works principle” in the Mosaic covenant’s administration, rejects the Westminster Confession’s view that the Mosaic covenant is a covenant of grace in substance.

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Roman Catholic and Arminian Errors Concerning Justification and Imputation (Romans 4:3-5)

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Biblical justification is when God forgives us of our sins and counts us as righteous, not because of anything in us (contra Rome), and not because our faith itself is imputed as righteousness (contra Arminianism), but because through the instrument of faith God imputes Christ’s righteousness to us.

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The Feminism Epidemic in Christian Counseling That No One Is Talking About (Except David Edgington)

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The church is supposed to support marriage, not destroy it. But such is the enemy known as feminism that has infiltrated Christ’s church. Such are “the schemes of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11). Thankfully David Edgington has courageously sounded the alarm.

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Covenant Theology in the Fifth Commandment: Infant Baptism, Education & the Law (Ephesians 6:1-4)

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Covenant Theology in the Fifth Commandment: Infant Baptism, Education & the Law (Ephesians 6:1-4)

It is of great significance that Paul restates the Fifth Commandment for the new covenant church. While the commands in this passage are clear, there are also some conclusions related to covenant theology that “by good and necessary consequence may be deduced” (WCF 1.6).