Thank you for this post on the Lord's Supper and who should not participate. Years ago, I observed a local PCA church withhold communion from a woman because she and her husband were having marital problems. She wasn't scandalous - the lady was a sweet homeschooling mom. She accepted their discipline, but it never set right with me. A couple of years later I worked with a woman who was pursued by the sweet homeschooling wife's husband. Pastors and Elders need to be very careful who they bar from the table. Sadly, this couple's marriage ended in divorce and the woman was vindicated as she continued to live the Christian life.
Maybe we ARP’s ought to do what our Scottish founders did, and examine congregants and issue tokens to those found “worthy “.
Thank you for this post on the Lord's Supper and who should not participate. Years ago, I observed a local PCA church withhold communion from a woman because she and her husband were having marital problems. She wasn't scandalous - the lady was a sweet homeschooling mom. She accepted their discipline, but it never set right with me. A couple of years later I worked with a woman who was pursued by the sweet homeschooling wife's husband. Pastors and Elders need to be very careful who they bar from the table. Sadly, this couple's marriage ended in divorce and the woman was vindicated as she continued to live the Christian life.