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Against Weekly Communion
In this episode of Kingdom Polemics, Pastor Aldo Leon addresses the increasingly popular practice of weekly communion in Reformed churches. While acknowledging the well-intentioned arguments for it—such as its status as a means of grace, its connection to covenant renewal, and its symbolic richness—Aldo offers a careful, biblically grounded, and confessional critique of this practice. He explores not only the scriptural and theological problems with weekly observance, but also the unintended consequences it can produce when detached from meaningful preparation and pastoral application.
Highlights:
- Why the means of grace argument fails to make all acts of worship identical in function or frequency
- A breakdown of popular proof texts (Acts 2, Acts 20, 1 Corinthians 11) and why they do not mandate weekly observance
- The difference between sacramental presence and the Lord's broader presence through all means of grace
- Why the Word does not need the Sacrament, but the Sacrament must always depend on the Word
- How weekly communion often results in truncated preparation, rushed administration, and minimal fencing
- The danger of sacerdotal or Romanizing tendencies creeping into Reformed practice through sacrament-over-word emphasis
- A practical case for less frequent but more theologically rich administration—such as bi-monthly communion with preparation and follow-up
- How an overemphasis on frequency can correlate with theological looseness and moral laxity in progressive circles
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Check out Aldo Leon's book In Christ's Crown, Christianity, & The Civil Realm, which makes a compelling biblical case for the Reformed doctrine of the civil magistrate under Christ's mediatorial rule. Available now at Berith Press: https://www.berithpress.com/bookstore/p/christs-crown-christianity-the-civil-realm.
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Published on 3 months ago