Category Archives: Lord’s Supper

The Lord’s Supper: Reaching Some Conclusions, Part 2

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Jay F Guin

“Cup” and “loaf” are parts of a meal It helps, I think, to realize that a cup of wine and loaf of bread was standard for First Century meals, especially meals shared with guests. To us, “cup of wine” or … Continue reading →

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The Lord’s Supper: Reaching Some Conclusions, Part 1

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Jay F Guin

The Churches of Christ have defined themselves by their insistence on weekly communion. Our members will come late and leave early, but they’ll be certain to take the Lord’s Supper. And we have members who’ll sit at home, taking communion … Continue reading →

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The Lord’s Supper: The First Day

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Closely tied to the Eucharist is the weekly meeting on Sundays. Of course, we see in Acts 2 that the early church met daily. There’s no mention of a weekly gathering in Acts until much later. Indeed, we only see … Continue reading →

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The Lord’s Supper: Further from the Early Church

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Jay F Guin

An excellent source book on early church practice is Everett Ferguson’s Early Christians Speak, vol. 1. (The original appears to be out of print, although Early Christians Speak – Vol. 2 can still be had. Most Church of Christ libraries … Continue reading →

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The Lord’s Supper: The Early Church

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Jay F Guin

I offer some material from the uninspired writings of early Christians to prove that I’m not crazy — not to establish a theology of the Lord’s Supper. In fact, we in the Churches of Christ are bad to reach into … Continue reading →

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The Lord’s Supper: John Mark Hicks on the Communion

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Jay F Guin

John Mark Hicks has posted a series of articles on the scriptural roots of communion, and he’s provided some very helpful observations. We begin with his article Breaking Bread in Luke-Acts VI: General Observations. The church continues the ministry of … Continue reading →

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The Lord’s Supper: 1 Corinthians

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Paul’s instructions in 1 Corinthians assume communion to be normative for that congregation. (1 Cor 10:16-17)  Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that … Continue reading →

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The Lord’s Supper: Acts

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Luke records that the disciples broke bread together daily. (Acts 2:46-47)  Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and … Continue reading →

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The Lord’s Supper: The Bread of Life

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Oddly enough, John’s Gospel does not record the institution of the Lord’s Supper, but it does contain an extended speech by Jesus that evokes the Lord’s Supper — (John 6:53-56)  Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless … Continue reading →

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The Lord’s Supper: The Passover

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Jay F Guin

The Synoptics teach that the Lord’s Supper was instituted as part of a Passover meal. Jesus ate hundreds of meals with his apostles. Why was the Passover the meal he used? Well, there are several reasons, all steeped in the … Continue reading →

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