The Lord’s Table is for weak and needy sinners. When we come to the Table, we are not to come trusting in or proud of our own strength or our own goodness. We are not to come full of ourselves and with our hands full of things to offer to God. Rather, we are to […]
Liturgy
A Table in the Midst of Enemies
In the 23rd Psalm, our Good Shepherd spreads a table for us in the presence of our enemies. “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.” Before us today, we have the Lord’s Table that has been prepared for us. And we […]
A Meal of Life
As we come to the table today, let us remember that the Lord’s Supper is a participation in Christ. It is a fellowship meal with Jesus. Now, this necessarily implies that Jesus is not dead, but He is risen. A dead Savior, still in His grave, could not be present with us, and thus we […]
The Metaphysics of Voices from Heaven: The Liturgy of the Cosmos
27 “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has […]