Yesterday, I began to unpack the most uncomfortable scene in the New Testament. (See yesterday’s blog here). In the gospels we’re regularly confronted with the tremendous power and dignity of Christ who was the judge of the earth, the eternal Son of God. He is the absolutely assured of His sonship to the father yetContinue reading “Jesus took our grief upon Himself”
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The most uncomfortable scene in the New Testament
Now There are at least three scenes in the New Testament where attentive Christians feel uncomfortable about how their Savior acts because it seems that he actions are unbecoming of the God-man: -The Cleansing of the Temple – We think He’s just too angry and Jesus shouldn’t get angry. – The Miracle of Changing WaterContinue reading “The most uncomfortable scene in the New Testament”
Heaven breaks into earth during the Lord’s Supper
The presence of the Lord’s body and blood in the bread and wine of the Lord’s Supper is real though spiritual and mysterious. This koinonia, communion by intimate participation (Cf.1 Cor. 10:15-17), with the body and blood of Christ is not a mere object lesson or heightened remembrance about a gift, it is the bodyContinue reading “Heaven breaks into earth during the Lord’s Supper”
Four Views of the Lord’s Supper
We’re all familiar with the words instituted by Christ on the evening of the First Lord’s Supper. Paul gives these words in 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had givenContinue reading “Four Views of the Lord’s Supper”
The Real Presence of Christ in the bread and wine
Most evangelicals underestimate the meaning, power and purpose of the Lord’s Supper. The Apostle Paul calls the Supper, a koinonia in the body and blood of Christ, a communion by intimate participation (1Cor. 10:14-16). Our partaking of Christ is described in the Supper as “eating” and “drinking” so that we’d never think that the lifeContinue reading “The Real Presence of Christ in the bread and wine”
Communion by Intimate Participation
On the Festive Day of Rest, called the Lord’s day there is a standing invitation to all those who love the Lord to share in His Fellowship and Worship. And on this day, He often hosts a spiritual banquet for us to experience a greater intimacy with Him. We call this banquet The Lord’s Supper.Continue reading “Communion by Intimate Participation”
How should I spend the Lord’s Day, that Festive Day of Rest?
In defining the gift of the Christian Sabbath, I think the Heidelberg Catechism strikes a lovely balance of creating anticipation, expectation and freedom about this day which the Lord of the Sabbath made for man without the restrictiveness of creating rules and policy. The question is asked: What is God’s will for you in theContinue reading “How should I spend the Lord’s Day, that Festive Day of Rest?”
The Christian Sabbath IV: A Gift
I have bemoaned that most of the teaching I have heard on the Sabbath has been unsatisfying to me because it is either viewed as a policy with a list of joyless regulations or as an old-fashioned obsolete shadow of the past. The sabbath policy people imply that God loves the Sabbath and created manContinue reading “The Christian Sabbath IV: A Gift”
The First Day of the Week: Christian Sabbath Part III
B.B. Warfield nicely captures the first century transition from Jewish Sabbath observing on Saturdays to the Christian observance of the Lord’s Day on Sundays. His words follow… Our Lord, too, following the example of his Father, when he had finished the work which it had been given him to do, rested on the Sabbath—in theContinue reading “The First Day of the Week: Christian Sabbath Part III”
The Christian Sabbath: A New* View Part II
The Christian Sabbath is a day unlike the other six when work ceases and God’s people pause to worship together; a day designed to take us back to Eden and the perfect Creation while simultaneously launching us forward to taste Heavenly Rest. It is my belief that because of the popular positions held regarding theContinue reading “The Christian Sabbath: A New* View Part II”
Lead, Laugh, Love 