Sacraments


For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
Given For You: Reclaiming Calvin’s Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper
To a Thousand Generations: Infant Baptism - Covenant Mercy for the People of God
The Baptized Body
Word, Water and Spirit
Christ, Baptism and the Lord's Supper: Recovering the Sacraments for Evangelical Worship
Blessed Are the Hungry: Meditations on the Lord's Supper
Christian Baptism
The Case for Covenantal Infant Baptism
Believer's Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ (New American Commentary Studies in Bible & Theology, #2)
The Lord's Supper: Eternal Word in Broken Bread
The Eucharist: Sacrament of the Kingdom
The Lord's Supper
The Lord’s Supper as a Means of Grace: More Than a Memory
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
The History of Benjamin Kennicott by Isabelle Major EvansThe Dawn of Evil by L.E.  ParkerConversations with Angels by Joad Raymond WrenThe Birth of Death by L.E.  ParkerThe Great Gods of Samothrace and The Cult of the Little People by Carl A.P. Ruck
Somewheres On The Road
105 books — 2 voters

The History of the Church by EusebiusThe Lost History of Christianity by Philip JenkinsThe Story of Christianity, Volume 1 by Justo L. GonzálezPontifex Maximus by Christopher LascellesCity of God by Augustine of Hippo
Early Christians, Early Church
145 books — 37 voters

Ben Witherington III
Who should serve the Lord’s Supper? Well in the early church, considering Acts 2 and 1 Corinthians 11, the host of the home presumably was the host of the meal, and as I have said, really, the Lord is the host at his own table, not any of us. We are all just participants, we are all celebrants. I don’t think there is any biblical warrant for the serving of the Lord’s Supper to be confined to ministers, but I do think that anyone who undertakes such a sacred task should be trained to do it in a r ...more
Ben Witherington III, Making a Meal of It: Rethinking the Theology of the Lord's Supper

Enock Maregesi
Lakini damu na maji vina maana kubwa katika maisha yetu. Biblia inaeleza kuwa wakati Yesu Kristo akiwa msalabani alichomwa ubavu wake kwa mkuki, ikatoka damu na maji, ndipo zilipozaliwa sakramenti za kanisa. Aidha, tukio la askari wa Kirumi kumchoma Yesu na damu na maji kutoka lina maana nyingine kubwa katika maisha yetu. Hapo ndipo Ukristo ulipozaliwa; na ni kwa sababu hiyo mwanamke anapojifungua hutoa damu na maji kutokana na kupasuka kwa utando wa mfuko wa uzazi. Kutokana na hayo, Wakristo wa ...more
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