The Lord”s Supper: Eight Ways to Experience the Meaning of the Meal

By Ethan Magness

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

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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).

“¢ 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 . . .