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Showing posts with label Communion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Communion. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Sermon Video: Brought Near to God by the Blood of Christ - Ephesians 2:11-14

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The amazing salvation provided by Jesus Christ has implications that ripple across every area we might consider.  In this case, the Apostle ...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

Sermon Video - Jesus celebrates God's provision with his friends, Luke 22:14-15

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What did Jesus seek out on the evening when his Passion was only hours away?   The company of his friends and devoted followers.  More speci...
Friday, April 15, 2022

Sermon Video: "one Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:4-6

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As a Maundy Thursday (celebration of the Last Supper) text, Ephesians 4:4-6 offers much in keeping with Jesus' emphasis on that evening ...
Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Sermon Video: The Body and Blood of Christ - Mark 14:22-26

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During the Passover meal with his disciples, Jesus adds to that yearly ritual of remembrance of the provision of God on behalf of his people...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Is it my job to police the communion line?

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  The meme above has been bouncing around social media as a response to a recent vote (168 to 55,  Abortion rights: US Catholic bishops face...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Sermon Video: Self-Examination - 1 Corinthians 11:27-34

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At the end of his instructions for the church at Corinth regarding the Lord's Supper, Paul warns them of the danger of participating in ...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Sermon Video: In Remembrance of Jesus - 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

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In his effort to reform the way in which the church at Corinth was participating in the Lord's Supper, the Apostle Paul reminds them tha...
Friday, July 26, 2019

Sermon Video: When Church does more harm than good - 1 Corinthians 11:17-22

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I spend a lot of time and energy trying to convince people of their need to be a part of a church.  I know the absolute necessity of partici...
Sunday, June 16, 2019

Sermon Video: Participating in the body and blood of Christ - 1 Corinthians 10:14-17

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In his encouragement to the people of the church of Corinth that they should "flee from idolatry", the Apostle Paul appeals to the...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Sermon Video: A Chosen People once more - Joshua 5:1-12

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Having successfully crossed the Jordan River, and having memorialized God's display of power, the people of Israel are now commanded by ...
Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Sermon Video: "The blood of the covenant" Matthew 26:26-30

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At the Last Supper, Jesus celebrated the Passover with his disciples, and utilized that commemoration of God's fulfillment of the covena...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Sermon Video: Eat this Bread, Drink this Cup - Mark 14:22-25

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In this Maundy Thursday message, the text of the Last Supper from the Gospel of Mark is examined from a Baptist perspective, contrasting wha...
Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Sermon Video: The Passover before the Passion - Luke 22:15

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In this abbreviated Maundy Thursday message, the words of Jesus before he institutes Communion with his disciples remind us that Jesus was r...
Friday, April 18, 2014

Sermon Video: Taking the bread and cup in a worthy manner - I Corinthians 11:27-32

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The Church in Corinth had a unity problem.   In Paul’s first letter to this church, he writes disapprovingly about their approach to th...
Saturday, April 7, 2012

Sermon Video: "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover" Luke 22:14-20

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In his last opportunity to celebrate Passover before his time of trial, Jesus expresses how important this act of faith in God is for him. J...
Saturday, July 25, 2009

Do this in remembrance of Me

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This is the altar at Palo that we use for our monthly communion. Of all the things that a pastor does, two stand out to me. The first is p...