Who Can Take the Lord’s Supper?: Understanding Close Communion (with Dallas Vandiver)

December 18, 2023December 18, 2023Kirk E. Miller

Who ought to be allowed to partake of the Lord’s Supper? Maybe this question has never occurred to you, or you’ve always assumed the answer was obvious! Well, in this episode, Dr. Dallas Vandiver joins me to talk about a historic position known as ‘close communion,’ that the Lord’s Supper ought to be reserved for baptized members in good standing of a gospel-believing church.

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Dallas Vandiver’s book, Who Can Take the Lord’s Supper?: A Biblical-Theological Argument for Close Communion.

Dallas Vandiver’s shorter article summarizing the arguments of the book:

Who Can Take the Lord’s Supper? by Dallas Vandiver Download

Family Worship (with Donald Whitney)

July 18, 2022July 25, 2022Kirk E. Miller

Across history, Christians have worshiped God in their homes as families on a daily basis. What is family worship, what does it look like, and what are some practical instructions for how we might go about implementing it in our own homes? In today’s episode, we talk to Donald Whitney, a professor of Biblical spirituality, about the practice of family worship.

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The Heavenly Throne Room (Revelation 4:1-11)

March 30, 2021May 18, 2021Kirk E. Miller

In this episode, Kirk and Dan discuss some additional matters related to the interpretation of Revelation 4. How should we understand the phrase “after this” used twice in verse 1, and what are some of the theological debates / discussions surrounding this phrase? Second, we take a closer look at the twenty elders and the four living creatures. Who or what might they be, and what role do they serve in this passage? Next, we consider briefly the theme of worship across the book. Who do you worship — God or the beast? And lastly, we consider the theme of heaven as God’s very temple, and how this reaches its climax in chapters 21-22.

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CrossWay Milwaukee’s Liturgy

October 11, 2020Kirk E. Miller

The following is from a series of videos working through CrossWay’s corporate worship training material (updated 10/2020). In the following video we walk through and explain our church’s liturgy–the regular rhythms of our Sunday morning services.