I've been having a bit of a discussion on one of my email lists about sacraments. Why is it that all of the modern books on Christian living pretty much ignore the whole area of sacraments? Case in point being the otherwise fairly decent book The Purpose Driven Life.
Historically, the church has seen communion as a fundamental and basic source of spiritual nourishment. The Reformers even defined the validity of a church by its faithfulness to nourishing the congregation through "Word and Sacrament." But we have relegated this source to an embarrasing back burner. We certainly don't treat sacraments as essential and fundamental to spiritual growth.
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