I came across a new phrase last year while reading John Jefferson Davis’ Worship and the Reality of God: An Evangelical Theology of Real Presence. The new phrase is “ontic weight.” Here’s what Jefferson says: The personal presence of God in the ecclesia, by virtue of his covenant promises, his Word, sacraments and Spirit, invests the ecclesia with an ontic weight that does not obtain with merely human organizations and assemblies. (63) When the church  [ Read More ]

In the next several days I will be posting the gist of a message I preached at the Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America’s General Assembly last April. You can listen to the message here or read on. The Lord’s Supper as Means of Grace: More than a Memory  I.                   Introduction Greetings: I want to thank the ARBCA General Assembly Planning Committee for entrusting me with this sacred stewardship. I have  [ Read More ]