If the Lord’s Supper is a remembrance of the past and a communion in the present, it is also something more—it is a foretaste of the future. Every time the church gathers at the Lord’s Table, we are not only remembering what Jesus has done and...
Christians of all traditions celebrate the Eucharist, yet how we understand what happens in it has long been a point of conversation—and sometimes contention. Is Christ symbolically present? Spiritually present? Substantially present? These...
At the heart of Christian worship lies a table. Bread is broken. A cup is shared. Words are spoken: “This is my body… this is my blood.” What looks like an ordinary meal is anything but. For nearly two thousand years, Christians have returned again...
In a culture driven by clarity, precision, and control, the idea of mystery can feel foreign—especially in worship. Yet at the very center of Christian faith lies an encounter with the divine that defies comprehension: the infinite God...
This is an excerpt from a forthcoming book on the Holy Spirit. In this post I said that the Bible is the foundational authoritative source for right thinking about God. In this post, we will look at the consensual tradition of the church represented...
other believers. In Paul's language, people become members of God's family when they become Christians. We must keep in mind that when we become members of God's family that it is a family that sends. There is not a single member of the family of...
If the aim of Jesus's saving work is to restore the presence of God with us, then the Holy Spirit must be a person to truly bring the presence of God to believers. If the Holy Spirit is not a person, then the truth and power of Jesus's saving...
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. — Matthew 1:1 It’s not by accident that Matthew’s Gospel is the first of four in the New Testament. This is by design. The book of Matthew—as the first book of the New...