by | Mar 28, 2013 | Bible, Church, Preaching, Worship
Maundy Thursday is the day in the church calendar that we remember Jesus’ last supper with his disciples. Two important events happened that night: (1) Jesus washed his disciples’ feet; and (2) Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper. Although these two...
by | Sep 7, 2012 | Bible, Worship
On the night before Jesus was crucified, he observed Passover with his disciples. The timing of these events was not coincidental–Jesus wanted his disciples to see how the Passover of old had always pointed to his death at the cross. So, Jesus said to his...
by | Sep 2, 2012 | Books, History, Worship
In volume 2 of Arnold Dallimore’s George Whitefield biography, Dallimore describes Whitefield’s interactions with Scottish Presbyterians. In regard to the way in which these Scottish Presbyterians received the Lord’s Supper, Dallimore quotes this...
by | Jan 22, 2011 | Books, Church, Theology, Worship
I have been studying up on the sacraments for ordination exams, and, in Charles Hodge’s Systematic Theology, I came across an interesting contrast between how Lutheran and Reformed Christians understand the efficacy of the sacraments that I did not previously...
by | May 29, 2009 | Bible, Church, Theology, Worship
My Bible reading plan takes me through the book of Isaiah at the beginning of every summer, and one of the things that I have newly appreciated this time around is Isaiah’s versatile use of wine imagery. Isaiah uses wine in at least three major ways, as far as I...