The "Closed Communion" Cone...

Father Hollywood has a discussion of Closed Communion.  He's run into a pastor who said all LCMS Lutherans practice closed communion.  It's just that some have bigger cone, based on who they allow to commune. 

I clearly understand any pastor not "wanting" to practice closed communion, it is (currently) the most difficult pastoral practice we face.  But obfuscating language to allow for any practice is truly a post-modern deception.  Satan wraps the lie in the truth.  There's a whole lot of leaven here.

Read pastor Beane's article. 

 http://fatherhollywood.blogspot.com/2009/04/closed-communion-cone-size-catch-22.html