Gatekeepers at the table: a biblical, historical and contemporary study of the minister's role in fencing the Lord's Table in the Westminster tradition

Brad D Evans

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Gatekeepers at the table: a biblical, historical and contemporary study of the minister's role in fencing the Lord's Table in the Westminster tradition

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Brad D Evans. Gatekeepers At the Table: a Biblical, Historical and Contemporary Study of the Minister's Role In Fencing the Lord's Table In the Westminster Tradition. Covenant Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/67683112-9e0e-4407-9705-fc6e52592e1d.

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B. D. Evans. Gatekeepers at the table: a biblical, historical and contemporary study of the minister's role in fencing the Lord's Table in the Westminster tradition. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/67683112-9e0e-4407-9705-fc6e52592e1d

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Brad D Evans. Gatekeepers At the Table: a Biblical, Historical and Contemporary Study of the Minister's Role In Fencing the Lord's Table In the Westminster Tradition. Covenant Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/67683112-9e0e-4407-9705-fc6e52592e1d.

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Pastors have a dilemma when they serve the Lord's Supper to their congregations. This study examines this dilemma in the practice of pastors in the Westminster Tradition. The pastoral practice has sought to define what it means to partake of the Supper in a worthy manner, and pastors have urged their parishioners to examine themselves for the presence of gospel knowledge, faith, repentance and love, or new obedience. Meanwhile, a minority tradition existed which frowned on self-examination and focused instead on those who had a covenantal right to the Supper as defined by baptism and church membership. The 'fencing' tradition is an endangered species today. Interviews with contemporary pastors in the southern New England Presbytery of the PCA reveal this.

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