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This article is no longer available online, but articles about the Lord's Supper that appeared in the July 12/19, 2009, and June 10, 2007, issues of CHRISTIAN STANDARD--plus more--are available for purchase as a single, redisigned, easy-to-read and easy-to-use downloadable resource/pdf (a fuller explanation is below).
The Lord's Supper: A Memory and More
Item D021535209 • $2.99
If you keep doing something often enough, long enough, it will change you. Take, for example, the Lord’s Supper.
If we practice the Lord’s Supper in a meaningful way, week after week, it will change us for the better by helping us grow closer to God. If we treat it as a ritual largely devoid of meaning, however, it can damage us by causing our faith itself to become a meaningless ritual.
In this 14-page resource, eight writers look at the Lord’s Supper (Communion) past, present, and future—its power, purpose, and promise.
As one writer puts it: “Nothing delivers the death of Jesus like the Lord’s Supper!”
The articles previously appeared in CHRISTIAN STANDARD (primarily in the issues of June 10, 2007, and July 12/19, 2009).
All downloads include permission to reproduce material up to 10 times for ministry and educational purposes. To order this resource, CLICK HERE; To sample the first few paragraphs of Ethan Magness's article, continue reading below . . .
• Get bigger cups and plenty of juice. Experience the cup as a “cup of thanksgiving.” Offer a toast to God and suggest everyone respond, “Thank you,” as they drink. In a smaller setting, many people could offer a toast of thanksgiving.
• Decorate your platform with a banquet table. Invite everyone to reflect on the historic feast in which Jesus took his place as the Lamb who was slain for us . . .
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