Comments on: 7WD answers your 2009 questions http://www.sevenwholedays.org/2009/12/31/7wd-answers-your-2009-questions/ "Seven whole days, not one in seven, I will praise thee" -- George Herbert (1633) Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:05:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rich Bardusch http://www.sevenwholedays.org/2009/12/31/7wd-answers-your-2009-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-3278 Rich Bardusch Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:52:24 +0000 http://www.sevenwholedays.org/?p=2029#comment-3278 What a great end to the old year. It reminds me that original sin is ever with us and because of that our work will never be completed. Oddly it gives me comfort because it means I can continue to work on myself and that is the greatest struggle in which one can engage. It also means when I get something right it is the greatest success one can accomplish. Funny how the world works; I wouldn't have it any other way. What a great end to the old year. It reminds me that original sin is ever with us and because of that our work will never be completed. Oddly it gives me comfort because it means I can continue to work on myself and that is the greatest struggle in which one can engage. It also means when I get something right it is the greatest success one can accomplish. Funny how the world works; I wouldn’t have it any other way.

]]> By: Bob Chapman http://www.sevenwholedays.org/2009/12/31/7wd-answers-your-2009-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-3277 Bob Chapman Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:49:06 +0000 http://www.sevenwholedays.org/?p=2029#comment-3277 Your comments about the Baptismal liturgy changes inserted by some have me asking questions about the concept of "discipline" in the Episcopal Church these days. It comes from the same root as "disciple," after all. I can think of another example. Whilst God is quite capable, I'm sure, of handling what may or may not happen if the communion elements are given to a person not baptized. God is bigger than that (I hope). So, I'm not worried about what will happen at the End Times if such a person is communed. BUT, IT IS NOT UP TO ME OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH TO DIRECTLY OFFER COMMUNION TO THE UNBAPTIZED. THAT IS NOT OUR DISCIPLINE. If someone is really that ready to receive and so wants to be a part of our fellowship who is unbaptized currently, there is a simple solution. Baptize the person. Now. It didn't take that much time to baptize the Ethiopian Eunuch, did it? Back to your regular banter here on 7WD. Your comments about the Baptismal liturgy changes inserted by some have me asking questions about the concept of “discipline” in the Episcopal Church these days. It comes from the same root as “disciple,” after all.

I can think of another example. Whilst God is quite capable, I’m sure, of handling what may or may not happen if the communion elements are given to a person not baptized. God is bigger than that (I hope).

So, I’m not worried about what will happen at the End Times if such a person is communed.

BUT, IT IS NOT UP TO ME OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH TO DIRECTLY OFFER COMMUNION TO THE UNBAPTIZED. THAT IS NOT OUR DISCIPLINE.

If someone is really that ready to receive and so wants to be a part of our fellowship who is unbaptized currently, there is a simple solution. Baptize the person. Now. It didn’t take that much time to baptize the Ethiopian Eunuch, did it?

Back to your regular banter here on 7WD.

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