Comments on: The Lord’s Supper: Book Review

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:51:26 +0000

As for the Lutheran Church LCMS the sacrament of the alter takes a central role in our liturgy. It is seen as a means of grace along with baptism and the Word of God. Most of the LCMS church will celebrate the Lord’s Supper any where from two to four time a month. It is just a point of great joy and hope with in the LCMS. To finally answer your question of what does this proclaim for my congregation is the forgiveness of sins and the salvation which comes with the death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is in one sense what the gospel is and what the gospel does for us as Christians.

By: Kyle Strobel

Kyle Strobel — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:40:27 +0000

I will lay out the Pentecostal “distinctives” in another post. In terms of sacrifice, there was some interesting discussion in the Catholic essay and the respondents. Jeffrey Gros denied that there is a re-sacrifice of Christ, but instead, if I recall correctly, a presenting of Christ’s sacrifice. Worthy to consider. For the most part, the book was dealing with historical or ecumenical perspectives, and therefore didn’t really develop a view from the ground up, which I really would have liked to see.

By: Kent Eilers

Kent Eilers — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:22:53 +0000

Kyle, I would love to hear more about Karkainnen’s laying out of the Pentecostal ‘view’ as well. On another point, did any of the contributors relate the sacraments to ‘sacrifice’ as you have been pondering lately?