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The Holy Spirit and the Communion of Saints

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  • W. Van't Spijker

Through the fellowship with Christ we have fellowship with one another. This article discusses how the Spirit constitutes communion.

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The Scottish Communion Season

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  • David Murray

What should preparation for the Lord’s Supper look like? Learning from others how they prepare for communion can be of help. This article describes how the Scottish Reformed prepare, from Thursday to Tuesday of the preparation days, emphasising the need for humiliation, examination, preparation, commemoration, thanksgiving, and revival.

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Preparing for the Lord’s Supper

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  • Joel R. Beeke

How should you prepare for the Lord’s Supper? This article point to the necessity of preparing for communion, how self-examination should be carried out, the purpose of communion, and practical ways to prepare yourself.

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Weekly Communion: One Church's Experiment

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  • Bruce G. McNair, Sheldon W. Sorge

How often should communion be celebrated in communal worship? This article reflects on one church's experiment with weekly communion.

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Old-Fashioned Innovations: There's More Than One Way to Celebrate the Lord's Supper

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  • Harry Boonstra

Each congregation ought to reflect on how it celebrates communion. The way the elements are distributed should not be out of custom or superstition, but for sound theological and pastoral reasons. This article surveys some of the practices in the time of the Reformation.

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Chalice and Loaf or Cups and Cubes

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  • Howard G. Hageman

This article reflects on the celebration of communion in the Reformed tradition. Is there something sacred about wine, or is grape juice an acceptable alternative? Are there rules about whether the bread should be leavened or unleavened, store-bought or home-baked, white or wheat? Is a chalice more meaningful than a tray full of small cups? Who should bring the elements to the table—and when?

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Let's Put the Communion Back into Christmas

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  • Daniel Meeter

The Church Order of Dort (1618) calls for Christmas Communion. This article reflects on the old tradition of celebrating communion during the Christmas season.

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Communing with the Holy Spirit

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  • Jonathan K. Dodson

This article outlines what communion with the Holy Spirit looks like, as well as its result.

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Be Still and Know That He Is Good

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  • Walter C. Kaiser Jr

The heart of Christian meditation is the enjoyment of the presence of God combined with the joy experienced in praising the Lord. Meditation is therefore an act of worship, an act of seeking communion with the living God.

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John Owen: Communion with the Triune God

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  • Ian Hamilton

John Owen shows that a Christian has communion with each person of the Triune God. The article also draws lessons for the Christian today.

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The Golden Key of Prayer

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  • Carl J. Haak

No Christian can dispute the necessity of prayer. Why is prayer so important? Focusing on Jeremiah 33:3, the author shows that prayer has a double effect on the believer. Firstly, prayer is is communion with God, and secondly, prayer is enlightenment for the soul. God uses prayer to strengthen our faith in His faithfulness to fulfill His promises.

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The Intermediate State (4)

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  • David J. Engelsma

This is the fourth of six articles about the intermediate state, death, and what happens when Christians die. This article maintains that after death believers have uninterrupted covenant communion with Jesus Christ. Christians must guard this doctrine under the threat of naturalism and modernism.The article also looks at the idea of soul sleep.

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Communion Everybody is doing it ... But what exactly is it that we’re doing?

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  • Bas Luiten

Christians have communion with the Triune God, which flows over to the communion of saints. This communion is only found in Christ.

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1 Corinthians 10:16 - Communion With Christ

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  • Gordon J. Keddie

1 Corinthians 10:16 reveals that the heart of the Lord's Supper is communion with Christ as a result of His redemptive work. Understanding Holy Communion in this way has implications for those partaking in it. The Lord's Supper must be viewed as a seal of the covenant of grace.

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The Body of Christ

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  • Gordon J. Keddie

This article looks at the implications of the Lord's Supper on church membership. Through the Lord's Supper we are taught that communion with Christ results in communion with other believers. This is what it means to be the body of Christ, as stated in 1 Corinthians 10:17.

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The Sinkhole Syndrome

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  • Donald S. Whitney

This article highlights the importance of maintaining personal devotions and communion with God.

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What Familiarity Must Not Breed

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  • Maurice Roberts

"There should be more spiritual excitement in us when we meet a Christian." The author of this article looks at the beauty of real fellowship and communion between Christians.

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More Frequent Observance of the Lord's Supper

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  • Donald M. Poundstone

In this article about the frequency of the Lord's Supper, the relation of the preaching and the holy communion is also discussed.

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Angels at Church

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  • Rob A. Schouten

This article is about worship and the presence of God and the nearness of God. The author discusses the place of the angels in this communion of God and his people.

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The Missing Ingredient

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  • Joseph A. Pipa

This article is about our communion and relationship with God.

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Celebration of the Lord’s Supper – How often?

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  • Paul Aasman

This article is about the frequency with which the Lord's Supper should be celebrated. It also looks at the frequency of the Lord's Supper through church history, and the communion at the love meals.

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The Lord's Supper - Part 1

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  • Kim Riddlebarger

These two articles are about the Lord's Supper as sacrament and the relation of the Passover and the Lord's Supper. The author also discusses the Lord's Supper in the Reformed confessions, the relation of the Last Supper and the Lord's Supper, and communion and table fellowship.

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The Lord’s Supper: Feast of Christ’s love

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

About the Lord' Supper as feast. The relation of the Passover and the Lord's Supper is discussed, as well as the holy Communion as feast of remembrance, proclamation of the death of Christ, and thanksgiving. After this, attention is given to the communion with one another as believers.

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