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January 2000
Volume 4, Number 1
 
F E A T U R E S

The Holy Supper: A Taste of Heaven

By the Rev. Dr. William Weinrich
Professor of Historical Theology, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind.

The Bread and the Wine are the very Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, which He has commanded us to eat and to drink. The Lord's Supper is something concrete, particular, real; it is Body and Blood

In a Simple Way to His Household

By Leonard Payton
Chief Musician,Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas

The Catechism teaches that the Sacrament is "the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ," so that the soul self-evidently believes the words, "given and shed for you for the remission of sins."

Christ's Body and Blood Saves Us

By Kevin Leininger
Member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Ind.Chief Editorial Writer for the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

Holy Scripture and confessional Lutheranism make it clear that the Lord's Supper is where God works His forgiveness.

Sacrament of the Altar:Christs Daily Food and Sustenance

By the Rev. Prof. Lawrence Rast
Assistant Professor of Historical Theology, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind.

The Lord's Supper is given as a daily food and sustenance to comfort the person whose heart feels too sorely pressed. The Supper gives us forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation.

Coming Home

By Ron and Marge Shumaker
Members of Grace Lutheran Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Ron and Marge Shumaker find the Lord and a new church home at a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregation.

In the Field

By Pam Knepper
Managing Editor, For the Life of the World

Features the Rev. David Stechholz, Pastor at West Portal Lutheran Church, San Francisco, Calif.

 

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