If Melanchthon were alive today, he might not weep because of controversies that surround the Lord's Supper, but he might well sorrow… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
“Sometimes silences are pregnant and sometimes not. It is hard to know what to make of the silence of much of the… — Ben Witherington III Copy Share Image
The Lord's supper is memorative, and so it has the nature and use of a pledge or token of love, left by… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
“Luther and Calvin believed that both the Roman church on the right and the Zwinglian and Anabaptist churches on the left made… — Frederick Dale Bruner Copy Share Image
No doubt a man may be saved, like the penitent thief, without having received the Lord's Supper. It is not a matter… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“Who should serve the Lord’s Supper? Well in the early church, considering Acts 2 and 1 Corinthians 11, the host of the… — Ben Witherington III Copy Share Image
“When one gets to Clement or Hippolytus, we are clearly a long way from what we find in Paul and the Gospels,… — Ben Witherington III Copy Share Image
“The Purpose of the Eucharist lies not in the change of the bread and wine, but in the partaking of Christ, who… — Alexander Schmemann Copy Share Image
“Surely we can only come to understand each other's beliefs by means of direct encounter and open, honest discussion. In the meantime,… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
“[The Lord's Supper teaches that] Rituals are good, and they are instituted and used by God to 'connect' his people with him.… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
Let us think of a Christian believer in whose life the twin wonders of repentance and the new birth have been wrought.… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
“We have seen some gatekeeping or fencing-the-table language already beginning to rear its head in this context. One needed to be baptized… — Ben Witherington III Copy Share Image
“The reference in 1 Corinthians 11:27 is to Christ’s actual body, which was crucified, as the reference to blood makes evident. Anaziõs… — Ben Witherington III Copy Share Image
The intention of Paul VI with regard to what is commonly called the Mass, was to reform the Catholic liturgy in such… — Jean Guitton Copy Share Image
I always asked my mother, I said, 'Momma, how come is everything white?' I said, 'Why is Jesus white with blond hair… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Every person, every place and every action is qualified by this association with the unconditional; it penetrates every moment of daily life… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
The Lord's Supper has been greatly instrumental in keeping His cause alive. It is the voice of all believers preaching the Lord's… — Charles Deems Copy Share Image
The purpose of the Lord's Supper is to receive from Christ the nourishment and strength and hope and joy that come from… — John Piper Copy Share Image
When Jesus wanted to explain to his disciples what his death was all about, he didn't give them a theory, he gave… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
“Remembering is something God asks us to do over and over in the Bible: “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy”… — Eric Irivuzumugabe Copy Share Image
Plant life instead of animal food is the keystone of regeneration. Jesus used bread instead of flesh and wine in place of… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
Right now if this preacher died he would go to heaven. Not because I spent years in the jungles and the Andes… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
If a friend is the one who summons us to our best, then is not Jesus Christ our best friend, and should… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
“For if we see that the sun, in sending forth its rays upon the earth, to generate, cherish, and invigorate its offspring,… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
[Christ's] mission and work it is to help against sin and death, to justify and bring life. He has placed his help… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image