Steve has spoken on the program at Abilene Christian University and Pepperdine University concerning the Lord's Supper. This page is a collection of notes, sermon, and meditations on the subject. (A work in progress.)
Abilene Christian University Lectureship, February 24-26, 2003
Sunday Dinner: Another Look at the Lord's Supper.
A Theology of Eating: The Importance of foods and feasting in the Old Testament.
Assembling to Break Bread: New Testament texts with significance for the Supper.
Pinch and Sip in Silence: A brief history of the development of the Supper and suggestions for restoring its original significance.
Bibliography
Breathing New Life into Communion: More than a Funeral
Abilene Christian University Lectureship, February, 2002.
The Pepperdine Lectures, 1995
Introduction
Thanksgiving
Eating with Jesus
Food Fellowship
Banquet Metaphors
A Salvation Meal
Equality at the Table
Servanthood Meal
A Meal of Proclamation
A Covenant Meal
A Meal of Judgment
Small Group Meeting Outlines
First Session
Second Session
Lord's Supper Meditations (3-5 minute talks)
A collection of texts with significance to the Lord's Supper. A table of parallel verses concerning the Last Supper.
A multi-part service centered around the Lord's Supper, delivered 12/29/2002.
A letter from a church in New South Wales, Australia, that is trying to restore the first century practice.
