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2. Why are little separate wafers (which seem to resemble the Roman Catholic "host") given instead of a loaf of bread being broken (as Jesus commanded)?
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3. Do members of WELS churches always have to sign up on a sheet before taking Communion?
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4. In all the WELS churches I've visited, instead of a table there appears to be (don't get me wrong) a mantle (it looks almost like a fireplace mantle) built into the wall at the ...
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5. Why does the pastor have his back to the congregation (is that to face the altar?)? It seems like a throwback to medieval Catholicism. In most liturgical churches I've visited, ...
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Could you please explain "the theology of the cross" compared to decision theology and also how this cross theology applies to holy baptism of infants and also holy communion.
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I am a WELS member and serve on the board of elders in a WELS congregation. I am faced with the most serious issue raised in my 8-year tenure, and I would greatly appreciate your a...
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Are individuals saved by "God's grace alone, through faith alone in Christ alone?" In addition, please explain to me how the sacraments of water baptism and the Lord's Supper facto...
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What should be done with the unused portion of the wine and bread after communion? What if it has been contaminated for some reason like being dropped on the floor accidentally ? I...
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A while back someone ask about what should be done with wine that had been consecrated for a communion service, but left over as unused. The answer that was given I think implied t...
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I have several questions regarding the practice of Communion. What is the history and purpose of signing in before receiving Communion? Do individual churches keep records of how m...
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When the Bible says that people who do not discern the body and blood of Christ are taking it to their judgment, what is meant by "judgment"? Did this judgment only refer to the Co...
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Why does a pastor during the communion service say the words of institution looking at the wine and bread instead of saying them to the congregation as Christ might have said them ...
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Can you briefly explain how the sacraments work faith in us? Is it the word with the outward physical elements (bread, wine, water) that does it?
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Is Faith in the saving work of Jesus different from the Faith given in baptism and the Faith given in discerning the Lord's body and blood in the Supper?
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If we believe that infants can trust in the promises offered by the Word or Baptism (the washing of water with the Word), can't the infants also trust the promised grace in the Lor...
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What follows is an article from a newsletter I used to receive. It is a good representation of what a church I attended (Calvary Chapel, part of the Calvary Chapel Movement "starte...
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Please explain the use of grape juice, rather than wine, for the Lord's Supper, as is done in some WELS churches, for recovering alcoholics.
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One of the major doctrinal differences between Lutherans and the Reformed concerns the "Real Presence" during the Lord's Supper. Another relates to Christology or the doctrine of t...
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Recently, I heard a Baptist preacher on the radio (his program was right before the WELS radio church service), who stated that the wine Jesus used when he instituted the Lord's Su...
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I heard a talk show host, a Catholic, tell a caller that she would receive the body and blood of Christ if all she took was the bread, possibly a Catholic teaching. No mention of i...
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