Examples of Communion Sermons

Click here For Electronic Version of the Book: Preaching Communion Remembrances

For a supplement to the book: ETS, Grand Rapids, 2006

For the sermons: A Meal not a Sacrifice and Gospel Sign not Miraculous Event

 

The Seven Sayings from the Cross

1. Father, Forgive Them (Lk. 23.34a)

2. "Amen" to the Thief on the Cross (Lk. 23.32-33, 39-43)

3. Crucifixion Love (Jn. 19.25-26)

4. Father, Why Have You Forsaken Me? (Mat. 27.46)

5. I Thirst (Jn. 19.28)

6. It is Finished (Jn. 19.30)

7. The 7th saying, a proclamation, a song

8. The Seven Sayings in Retrospect

 

Gospel Remembering: Whole and in Part

Remembering along the lines of God's reminding (1 Cor 11:24; Gospels)

Matthew's Remembering

Mark's Remembering

Luke's Remembering

John's Remembering 

Highlights from the Four Gospels: Jesus, Covenant Keeping Son of God

 

Other Selections

The radical determination of Christ (Lk 2:49; Mt 3:15; Jn 8:28; Jn 12:27-28)

Remembering the determined love of Jesus (Jn 12:20-36)

Some lines of the Spirit's reminding in the New Testament

Do you remember? (His humiliation and His exaltation)

The temptation of Christ (Mt 4:1-11)

Remembering the Lord of Glory (Jn 12:27-28a)

Christ Our Fellow Traveler (Lk 24:1-53)

Jesus: Our Singing Servant King (Rom 15:7-13)

Remembering by means of two major events (1 Tim 3:16)

Christ Our Teacher (Lk 15)

Remembering Christ in covenant perspective (1 Cor 11:25)

The Seeking Savior (Lk 19:1-10)

The living bread from heaven (Jn 6:1-59)

Remembering Jesus in the midst of the storm (Mt 14:13-33)

Remembering Christ as Sabbath King (Resurrection appearances in the Gospels and Acts)

Matthew's Perspective on Our Risen Lord (Matt 28:1-20)