At Crossroads Church, we are bringing in the new year with five sermons from the passion narrative in Mark’s Gospel. We have been in an expository study through the Gospel of Mark for over a year and we are now nearing the end. As part of our gathered worship each Lord’s Day in January, we decided to make “All I have is Christ” our theme song for the month. We sang this song on each of the first two Sundays in January and we will sing it for the remaining three. Continue reading “All I Have is Christ”
The Lord’s Supper
1 Corinthians 11:23-26: 23 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, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Where Does the Title “The Lord’s Supper” Come From?
Christians generally use one of three titles to refer to this ordinance: 1) The Lord’s Supper, 2) The Eucharist, and 3) Communion. The first title derives its name from Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 11:20: “When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.” This title connects the ordinance to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. He owns, presides, and rules over it. Continue reading “The Lord’s Supper”
Thank you, Dr. Gentry
Thank you, Dr. Gentry, for pushing me beyond my own limits while I was in seminary. To this day, I feel as if you are hovering over me every time I sit down to diagram a Greek text. Your ghost runs through all of my study and all of my preaching.
Does the world need another blog?
Does the world need another blog? Or better yet, do I have anything to say that has not already been said before? The answer to both of these questions is really quite simple: no! So why spend the time and energy to be an unoriginal drip in the ocean of information? Continue reading “Does the world need another blog?”