Mike Aubrey August 16, 2009 Greek

The Gospel Message

[WARNING: THEOLOGY POST]

Truly, is there any better summary and symbol of the gospel message like the Eucharist? –I’m mean Lord’s Supper, uhm, Communion, uh, the Table of Remembrance?

I mean really.

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Nick Norelli on August 16, 2009 at 8:47 pm
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Nope. Nothing better.

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  Mike Aubrey on August 16, 2009 at 8:51 pm
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  I didn’t think so. Just checkin’.
  
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Mike H. on August 16, 2009 at 8:49 pm
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Or ask a Lutheran. It’s not just a symbol of the gospel message, it IS the Gospel 😉

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  Mike Aubrey on August 16, 2009 at 8:51 pm
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  I would have said that – my theology of the sacraments is Lutheran – but I write for a wide audience. “Summary” was supposed to hit that.
  
  But, Mike, all of the sudden I like you a whole lot more.
  
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    Mike H. on August 16, 2009 at 8:54 pm
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    Ha. That’s not the reaction I expected, but I’ll take it. Lutherans are very under-represented in biblioblogging, so I’ll back off before the on rush of Calvinists storm in 🙂
    
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      Mike Aubrey on August 16, 2009 at 9:23 pm
      
      I think that if Calvin and Luther had gotten along better, they may very well have found more common ground on this issue than history shows…
      
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      Mike H. on August 17, 2009 at 9:34 am
      
      I don’t necessarily agree with you, but I would say that John Calvin was closer to Luther’s view than most Calvinists today are. The problem with arguing Communion views with Lutherans is that there is remarkably little ground we would compromise. There’s a nice article here by Robert Kolb about Lutherans on Calvin.
      
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Bryan on August 17, 2009 at 4:27 am
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I have a view of the sacrament that is sort of Lutheran sort of not… Something other than rememberance is going on there, but I couldn’t tell you what it is 😉

That’s what I love about my church…we practice communion every week. I can’t go back to doing it any less.

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  Mike Aubrey on August 17, 2009 at 9:48 am
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  That’s what we’ve been doing this summer and I’m sad about going back into the school years when we’ll change again.
  
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J. K. Gayle on August 17, 2009 at 9:46 am
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My agnostic friend who’s a Jew was recently asked rhetorically by my obnoxious friend who’s a loud-mouthed evangelical Christian always pushing “Jesus”: “What do you do with The Passover Lamb”?

The reply was: “Eat it.”

(p.s. – the same Jew was asked not to participate when he was present at a gathering where the same Christians were considering and practicing this summary and symbol of the gospel. Ironies, huh?)

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  Mike Aubrey on August 17, 2009 at 9:53 am
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  Really awkward…
  
  was is just bread and juice or where they having an actual seder meal?
  
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    J. K. Gayle on August 17, 2009 at 10:29 am
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    just juice and Nabisco Premium cracker pieces, but just as awkward.
    
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      Mike Aubrey on August 17, 2009 at 11:04 am
      
      true.
      
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