Examples of Communion Sermons
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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)
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)
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)
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)