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5 Ways the Lord's Supper Is Important for the Local Church
Church Questions is a series that seeks to provide ordinary Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions about church life. Each volume offers biblical answers and practical applications with the goal of nurturing healthy church practice and commitment.
Have you taken the Lord's Supper without understanding what it means? Do you wonder about its relevance...
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This practical and pocket-sized booklet is a necessity for every Catholic looking to make a good Confession. Is it any wonder it's a best seller?
Throughout the booklet you will find topics like:
• The Blessings of Confession
• The Five Things Necessary for a Good Confession
• How to Make a Good Examination of Conscience
• Prayers Before Confession
• An Easy Method of Going to Confession
• Prayers After Confession
• And many more!
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"This is the body of Christ. This is the blood of Christ." It's Communion Sunday. The service is a little longer, and the sacrament is observed with gravity. You know it's important, but the wonder is lost. What does it all mean, really? According to the results of a survey, you're not alone. United Methodists have a strong sense of the importance of Holy Communion, but they also lack a meaningful understanding of the theology behind it. Reclaim a...
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First Holy Communion day is the most important and memorable day in the life of a Catholic child. Eucharist is the ineffable gift, and Holy Communion is the fusion between us and Jesus. Children start longing to receive Holy Communion at an early age but have to wait till they reach the age of discernment. In preparation, they attend a yearlong classes and training, either through the Catholic School or the Sunday School Faith Formation classes. At...
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This is Volume II of the popular preparation guide to Communion that grabs interest and focuses attention on the Lord's Supper. The twenty six additional meditations in this book are meant to inspire, provoke, and bring personal meaning to Communion for all who participate. Each meditation is designed for a 90 second presentation and can be read verbatim or easily personalized for your needs or congregation.
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The greatest civilizations have all sought immortality.
From inventions to massive monuments, these societies have tried to produce something that would define them and last forever. But only one is eternal: God Himself. Christ's greatest gift, His divine flesh and blood in the Eucharist, is the eternal defining legacy of Christendom, the flower of Western Civilization. The Eucharist is not just a doctrine; it is a reality to be lived, and it must...
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En este libro, el autor se adentra en un tema poco explorado por la historiografía mexiquense del siglo XIX: el mundo festivo. El autor destaca que si como aseveran los estudiosos de la fiesta, ésta ocupaba un lugar central entre las sociedades del pasado, entonces con el presente libro se corrobora esta afirmación al revisar la relevancia que tuvo la fiesta en diversas poblaciones inmersas en el valle de Ixtlahuaca-Atlacomulco durante el siglo...
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Do you want to experience the Lord's Supper like a first century believer? Would you like to know what Jesus' disciples understood about Communion? Go beyond the bread and cup to discover what Jesus was thinking when He said "Do this in remembrance of Me. "For over twenty years, Author Dennis Stevenson has been teaching the Bible and leading Passover Seders. His insight sheds fresh light on the Christian practice of communion and reveals the forgotten...
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This Thoughtful Book Explores How the Sacraments Shape Christian Identity in Christ
Our culture today teaches us that we must look inside ourselves to discover our place and purpose in life-we can determine our own identities and express them however we want. This self-centered approach promises freedom and fulfillment, but it leads only to confusion and despair.
In The Water and the Blood, Kevin P. Emmert combats this egocentric mindset with a...
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Florencia wrote Divine Revelation: Communion Mysteries Revealed after being enlightened by God about the benefits of the Communion meal. She has been a recipient of the benefits of healing and health, wealth and the wisdom which comes from taking Communion, and would like others to be enlightened as well.
She has seen many healed from taking Communion and has realized that Jesus did procure healing for everyone who partakes of this meal. She has...
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Baptism and the Lord's Supper are more than just water, bread, and wine. They are God's promises to us in physical form.
What is happening when someone passes through the waters of baptism? What's the significance of eating bread and drinking wine together as a church on Sunday mornings? What's the point of these physical substances?
Tim Chester guides us through the Bible, explaining how the sacraments, embodying the promises of God in physical form,...
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Revised and updated edition. This invaluable book is for anyone considering baptism, or leading preparation classes. A practical handbook giving a comprehensive, down to earth explanation of the meaning, biblical basis, and spiritual dimension of believer's baptism in a practical, readable way. Plus a practical preparation section with helpful hints and tips to make the day go smoothly.
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Why is it important to prepare your heart for Holy Communion? Holy Communion (also known as the Lord's Supper, service of Word and Table, or Eucharist) is an act of worship that Christians are called to offer to God, Robert Benson believes. "[The observance of Communion] is a critical part of our life together," he notes. "It seems critically important that we approach this act of praise and thanksgiving with some measure of reverence." Benson invites...
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Answers to the most important questions about Christian baptism
Baptism is a step of obedience for every believer, but behind this simple act lies a rich tapestry of Christian belief and teaching. In the second edition of this short volume, Larry Dyer responds to the most common questions Christians have about baptism in nontechnical language, making it ideal for personal or small-group study. He explains what baptism is, what it means, why it is...
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In this book Gisela Kreglinger offers a fresh, holistic vision of the Christian life that sees God at work in all created things, including vineyards, the work of vintners, and the beauty of well-crafted wine shared with others around a table. Kreglinger begins by examining wine in the Bible, in the history of the church, and in the Lord's Supper, and these reflections culminate in a theology of joy and feasting that celebrates the human senses as...
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What does it mean to be a eucharistic community? In Christ Now Meet Both East and West approaches the Eucharist from the perspective of Christianity being a religion of the table-a place where our thanksgiving happens by gathering as a people with Christ. Author Thomas O'Loughlin emphasizes that any renewal of ourselves as a eucharistic people involves discovering that we are then sent from that table to act, to be eucharistic in our communal activity....
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In his The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, Martin Luther set forth a reconsideration of the sacramental Christian life that centered on the word. His thesis is that the papacy had distorted the sacraments with its own traditions and regulations, transforming them into a system of control and coercion. The evangelical liberty of the sacramental promises had been, replaced by a papal absolutism, which like a feudal lordship, and claimed its own...
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En este libro encontrarás una profundidad acerca del ayuno y sus derivados espirituales que pondrán en conflicto muchas enseñanzas mal interpretadas y religiosas acerca de esta llave.
Este es el libro que retrata tu forma de pensar y de percibir el mundo espiritual.
Jamás serás igual...
Jesucristo, el centro de todo.
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What are Catholics doing when they confirm teenagers? Why is the religious education of teenagers so perplexing? Why is confirmation often a moment of 'graduation' out of parish life? Confirmation: How a Sacrament of God's Grace Became All about Us tells the story of how confirmation, more than any other sacrament, has interacted with secular culture to give rise to these kinds of pastoral challenges. At the same time, confirmation has, over the course...
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"So what do you believe?" It's the question Quakers are always asked first and the one they find hardest to answer, because they don't have an official list of beliefs. And, Quakerism is a religion of doing, not thinking. They base their lives on equality and truth; they work for peace, justice and reconciliation; they live adventurously. And, underpinning their unique way of life is a spiritual practice they have sometimes been wary of talking about....
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