We had Communion (Eucharist) Sunday at church today. The message focused on Paul's first letter to the church of Corinth. Apparently in Corinth, the church would practice Love Feast wrongly. The love feast was an early form of Eucharist. A full meal was meant to be shared by the entire church... much like a potluck …
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Missiological Implications of the Symbolic Understanding of the Lord’s Supper
This article is related to another one that looks at the missiological implications of the symbolic understanding of baptism. A look at the function and structure of symbols is shown there as well. <Note: Like with baptism, I take a more Baptist understanding of the Lord's Supper (or Communion or Eucharist). Thus I understand baptism …
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Missions and the Resurrection of Christ Part II
Is the resurrection of Christ important to missions or tangential. beyond what was covered in part I, I would suggest it is important because it was central to the early church. And that centrality also adds credence to the historicity of the resurrection. How do we know the early church focused on the resurrection? A. …
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