Tim Chester has written an excellent little book, A Meal with Jesus: Discovering Grace, Community, andMission around the Table, that explores the eating practices of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. Here are some of my notes and highlights from the book: “There are three ways the New Testament completes the sentence, ‘The Son of Man…
Why do Christians include a meal as a crucial and regular part of their worship? Why do we observe the Lord’s Supper? We can answer this question by considering some of the Scriptural passages which tell us about this meal, along with some of the names that have been attached to it. A Memorial Meal…
Many Christians have an uneasy relationship with the Lord’s Supper. Though this gospel feast has been central to Christian worship since the beginning of the church, many believers find the Lord’s Supper either confusing, intimidating, or just plain boring. I was raised in a tradition that observed the Lord’s Supper only twice a year, complete…
In a recent worship service in our church, I invited all “baptized believers” to join us at the Lord’s Table. That prompted a question from several people: why say, “baptized believers?” Is baptism really a prerequisite for taking communion? Of course, not all churches would answer this in the same way. But the majority of…
