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Old 04-18-2008, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Coram Deo View Post
But the RPW is about only doing and having what is commanded. Where the word is silent (Pews, Seating, etc) we don't introduce them. Narratives play an important role in figuring out what is in worship. Playing the other side here for a minute, we do not have commands to sit and by example people stood in worship so by inference we stand..
But baptismal fonts are not commanded. Why did we introduce them? A table for the Lord's Supper is not commanded. Why did we introduce *them*? A pulpit is not commanded. Why did we introduce *them*? Carpeting in the church is not commanded. Why did we introduce that?

Don't you think you're grasping at the wind, Michael? This seems to be another relatively frivolous mental exercise.
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