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I've got this one, planning to read it very soon...
https://www.amazon.com/Lords-Supper-Means-Grace-Memory/dp/1781912688/

The Lord's Supper as a Means of Grace: More Than a Memory - Richard C. Barcellos

> " The supper of the Lord Jesus was instituted by him the same night wherein he was betrayed, to be observed in his churches, unto the end of the world, for the perpetual remembrance, and shewing forth the sacrifice of himself in his death, confirmation of the faith of believers in all the benefits thereof, their spiritual nourishment, and growth in him, their further engagement in, and to all duties which they owe to him; and to be a bond and pledge of their communion with him, and with each other."

-- 2LCF 30.1

This sums up my view. I've always wanted to read Barcello's The Lord's Super as a Means of Grace, which expands on the Reformed heritage of the means of grace, but there are a lot of books I want to read...

1689 Baptist Confession, Ch 30, Par 7

>Worthy receivers, outwardly partaking of the visible elements in this ordinance, do then also inwardly by faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and corporally, but spiritually receive, and feed upon Christ crucified, and all the benefits of his death; the body and blood of Christ being then not corporally or carnally, but spiritually present to the faith of believers in that ordinance, as the elements themselves are to their outward senses.

>( 1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 )

Further reading on the historic Baptist position in The Lord's Supper as a Means of Grace: More than a Memory by Richard Barcellos

Dr. Richard Barcellos, a reformed baptist, would disagree with you. See his book The Lord's Supper as a Means of Grace: More Than a Memory.

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Christ, Baptism and the Lord's Supper: Recovering the Sacraments for Evangelical Worship

Given for You: Reclaiming Calvin's Doctrine of the Lord's Supper

The Lord's Supper as a Means of Grace: More Than a Memory

The Lord's Supper in the Reformed Tradition

What is The Lord's Supper?

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Some recommendations, as promised.

• I highly recommend Christ, Baptism and the Lord's Supper: Recovering the Sacraments for Evangelical Worship by Leonard J. Vander Zee. It's more pastoral than heavy duty theological, but definitely worth reading.
  
  
• Read the treatments of the Lord's Supper in Reformed Systematic Theologies. Calvin's Institutes is a must, I think, but also Bavinck. The part on communion is in volume 4, I believe. If you don't have access in Bavinck (a situation you should resolve) then Berkhoff would do.
  
  
• Given for You: Reclaiming Calvin's Doctrine of the Lord's Supper by Keith A. Mathison is supposed to be very good.
  
  
• If you want a non-Zwinglian perspective from a Baptist, check out Richard C. Barcellos' The Lord's Supper as a Means of Grace: More Than a Memory
  
  
• If you are up for technical theology, I'd recommend The Lord's Supper in the Reformed Tradition by John Riggs.
  
  
• RC Sproul's What is The Lord's Supper? in his Critical Questions theory is currently free on Kindle. It won't answer all of your questions, but the price is right.

Judging from your flair, you're a Reformed Baptist like myself. Check out Richard Barcellos' The Lord's Supper as a Means of Grace. Incredibly helpful resource. Although I'm lacking in resources for baptism, I'd recommend The Fatal Flaw as well as other resources from the 1689 Federalism site.