So a PCA pastor has written a post: “Are We Neglecting the Lord’s Supper: 3 Starter Questions.” It begins this way:

Ever since seminary I’ve heard whispers and murmurs on one topic, but never open discussion. On most theological subjects in the Reformed Community there is plainly agreement or disagreement, yet when it comes to the Lord’s Supper this doesn’t seem to be true. Sure we learned about the three views in the Reformation: Consubstantiation, the Memorial View, and Calvin’s view. While we learned that the Lutherans hold to consubstantiation, things got very muddy, after that. This confusion seemed to come in part because there is disagreement about what Calvin and Zwingli (the proposed herald of the memorial view) actually believed on the issue, and because there is also disagreement with these two views but often there is not really any alternative position put forth.

Let me ask the church leaders reading this post a few questions (these aren’t the three big questions, I’ll get to those in a minute.) First, during your ordination exam were you ever asked, “what happens in the Lord’s supper?” Second, if such as question was asked do you think there would be consensus? Finally, would you feel comfortable giving a 30 minute presentation explain your view of the Supper to members of your Presbytery? To members of Reformed churches: has your pastor ever taught a class on the subject? (Not just a few comments in a larger topic but a whole class.)

For some reason a theology of the Lord’s Supper has been neglected, but before taking the time to write on the subject, I believe the Reformed community needs to answer three questions about the Supper, in order to define our objectives and ground rules.

via Are We Neglecting the Lord’s Supper: 3 Starter Questions | Vintage73.com | Vintage73.com.

I seem to remember “what happens in the Lord’s supper” being a standard question in either Missouri Presbytery, the Pacific Northwest Presbytery, or both. But this is a memory of direct knowledge from over a decade ago, so maybe I am misremembering or maybe my information is dated and the exams have changed.

But in general, I don’t understand why anyone thinks the topic is generally neglected in the PCA. For example, Given for You: Reclaiming Calvin’s Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper was published by P&R with an introduction by R. C. Sproul. Michael Horton also wrote a blurb for the back and he is pretty well-known in the PCA.

So I’m not sure if I get where the neglect comes in.