Erik Warren O’Dell
Erik Warren O’Dell holds an M.A. in Theological Studies from Westminster Seminary California. He is an educator, Humanities curriculum writer, and rhetoric instructor with six years of experience in classical Christian education. Erik teaches middle and high school at The Connection School of Houston, where he helps students integrate history, government and economics, and literature through rhetoric, writing, speech, and mock trial. He also teaches a Sunday school series titled Church History as Apologetics, which is currently being developed into a book project. His writing seeks to integrate theology, philosophy, culture, pedagogy, and apologetics. Erik lives in Katy, Texas, with his wife, Jessica, who serves on staff at their home church, Christ Presbyterian Church of Houston (PCA).
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When We Gather: A Biblical, Historical, and Confessional Case for Weekly Communion (Part 3)
For many within the Reformed tradition, the question of weekly communion appears to be settled before it is even asked. Scripture does not issue an explicit command requiring the Lord’s Supper to be observed every week.
When We Gather: A Biblical, Historical, and Confessional Case for Weekly Communion (Part 2)
The New Testament does not present the Lord’s Supper as an occasional supplement to Christian worship, but as something bound up with the church’s gathered life.
When We Gather: A Biblical, Historical, and Confessional Case for Weekly Communion (Part 1)
This series began not with a proposal to change church practice, but with a question that emerged from conversation. In separate discussions with my own pastor and with my father-in-law, a retired minister, both appealed thoughtfully to church history and the Reformed confessions in support of a monthly …
“Night Driving: Notes from a Prodigal Soul” by Chad Bird
In the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the main character Joel Barish (played by Jim Carrey) meets a quirky, blue-haired woman named Clementine (Kate Winslet) on a train, and after a short period of mutual flirtation, they begin an emotionally intense relationship. Then one day Joel receives a crushing revelation about Clementine […]
