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A Holy Meal: The Lord's Supper in the Life of the Church

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, 2005
ISBN: 9781441226655
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Overview

The Lord’s Supper refuses the rolling pin. It cannot be flattened into something of our own making. In the Lord’s Supper, the Triune God breaks out of the boxes we construct in vain to domesticate Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. That is the message of Gordon Smith’s A Holy Meal. He writes with the conviction that the holy meal instituted by Jesus continues to challenge our assumptions about the Christian life by showing us who God really is and how God comes to us in the acts of breaking the bread and sharing the cup.

A Holy Meal unpacks the many fruitful meanings of the Lord’s Supper, showing why they should be more prominent in the lives of individual believers and in the broader covenant community. The author’s irenic approach allows for ecumenical dialogue and celebration of the varied streams of the Christian tradition and gives attention to actual Christian practice of the Lord’s Supper, showing how different expressions can shed light on theological principles.

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Resource Experts
  • Analyzes the relevance of the Lord’s Supper to contemporary Christianity
  • Examines how various Christian traditions practice the Lord’s Supper
  • Reveals theological principles behind the sacraments
  • Eating, Symbol, and Sacrament
    • Eating and the Reign of God
    • The Sacramental Principle
  • Seven Words
    • Remembrance: The Lord’s Supper as a Memorial
    • Communion: The Lord’s Supper as Fellowship with Christ and with One Another
    • Forgiveness: The Lord’s Supper as a Table of Mercy
    • Covenant: The Lord’s Supper as a Renewal of Baptismal Vows
    • Norishment: The Lord’s Supper as Bread from Heaven
    • Anticipation: The Lord’s Supper as a Declaration of Hope
    • Eucharist: The Lord’s Supper as a Joyous Thanksgiving Celebration
  • Concluding Observations
    • The Presence of Christ and the Ministry of the Spirit

Top Highlights

“our forgetting is one of no longer living aligned with the reality and wonder of Christ’s death and resurrection” (Pages 42–43)

“The holy meal is a communal event; it is about eating together” (Page 10)

“So easily through neglect the cross and the resurrection no longer penetrate our present, enabling us to live in the light of the gospel.” (Page 43)

“enable us to be fully present in the here and now and grant us courage to face tomorrow.” (Page 37)

“the great danger is that we would forget. We can so easily forget” (Page 42)

Hunger and thirst for the gift of the Lord’s Supper is an encouraging sign of congregational renewal in many churches. A growing interest in the theology of the Lord’s Supper is a hopeful indication of lively and ecumenical theological conversation. Smith’s book, a pastorally aware and theologically rich statement of the Lord’s Supper, is a valuable contribution to both congregational renewal and theological conversation.

—Leanne Van Dyk, academic dean and professor of Reformed theology, Western Theological Seminary

Smith’s A Holy Meal demonstrates the richness of a thorough integration of exegetical, biblical, systematic, and practical theology. In the book, he sensitively leads readers on a journey of revisiting the key biblical texts, theological themes, and ecclesial traditions related to the Lord’s Supper. The exegesis is accurate, the theology is wise, and the implications are transformative for every Christian’s walk of faith. This is a must read for all those searching for the significance of this regular rhythm in the worship of the church.

—Mark J. Boda, professor of Old Testament, McMaster Divinity College

In a manner that is both trenchant and engaging, Smith calls on Christians to reconsider and embrace the holy meal ordained by Christ. Writing both to the contemporary Christian who may be skeptical of rites and to the believer who senses that the Lord’s Supper is central to the Christian walk but does not know why, the author takes readers through Scripture and church history, demonstrating the significance of this corporate action.

—Edith M. Humphrey, associate professor of New Testament studies, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Gordon T. Smith

Gordon T. Smith (PhD, Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University) is the president of Ambrose University and Seminary in Calgary, Alberta, where he also serves as professor of systematic and spiritual theology. He is an ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and a teaching fellow at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author of many books, including Institutional Intelligence, Courage and Calling, Called to Be Saints, and Evangelical, Sacramental, and Pentecostal.


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