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The Lord's Supper: Remembering and Proclaiming Christ Until He Comes
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"As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, 'Take and eat it; this is My body.'" -Matthew 26:26
A follow-up to
Believer's Baptism in the
New American Commentary Studies in Bible & Theology series ,
The Lord's Supper: Remembering and Proclaiming Christ Until He Comes explores the current Baptist views of the communion sacrament.
Contributors include:
Andreas Kvstenberger ("The Lord's Supper as a Passover Meal") Jonathan Pennington ("The Last Supper in the Gospels") Jim Hamilton ("The Lord's Supper in Paul") Michael Haykin ("Communion in the Early Church") Adding a helpful and ecumenical perspective, chapters are also provided on the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, and Zwinglian views of communion.
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"As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, ‘Take and eat it; this is My body.’" -Matthew 26:26 (HCSB) A follow-up to Believer’s Baptism in the New American Commentary Studies in Bible & Theology series, The Lord’s Supper explores the current Baptist view of the communion sacrament. Contributors include Andreas Köstenberger ("The Lord’s Supper as a Passover Meal"), Jonathan Pennington ("The Last Supper in the Gospels"), Jim Hamilton ("The Lord’s Supper in Paul"), and Michael Haykin ("Communion in the Early Church"). Adding a helpful perspective, chapters are also provided on the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, and Zwinglian views of communion.
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Thomas R. Schreiner is the James Buchanan Harrison professor of New Testament Interpretation and associate dean of Scripture and Interpretation at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Matthew R. Crawford is a graduate of Union University (B.A.) and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Adv. M.Div.) and is pursuing a Ph.D. in patristic exegesis and theology at Durham University in England.
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Wonderful Overview of the Lord's Supper
Many thanks to Jim Baird and B&H Publishers for sending me a review-copy of this book.
Throughout this book, the LordâÂÂs Supper is approached from a variety of angles: biblically, historically, theologically and practically. Three chapters are devoted to an examination of the Biblical accounts in the Gospels and Paul. Early Church history is then broadly surveyed, including sections devoted to non-Baptist understandings of communion. Final chapters examine the Biblical theology of remembrance, ethical implications of the Supper and finally, practical advice relating to how it should be practiced.
Biblical Chapters:
The first chapter addresses the question whether the Last Supper with Jesus and His disciples was the Passover or a different meal. Kostenberger rightly discerns issues that at stake in this discussion include the theological significance of the meal and the inerrancy and historic reliability of Scripture itself. His chapter provides a helpful and fair treatment of the arguments against the meal being the Passover, responding to each and by providing a harmonizing of the Gospel accounts, concluding that it was in fact a Passover meal.
Next, Jonathan Pennington tackles the Gospel accounts themselves; firstly, addressing questions of harmonisation (similar to that of KostenbergerâÂÂs essay) and then summarizing the GospelâÂÂs teaching on the Supper. Five âÂÂnodesâ of meaning are identified in the accounts: a parable of Jesusâ impending sacrificial death, fulfilment of the Passover and exodus, the inauguration of the new covenant, the formation of Jesusâ community, and an appetizer for the Messianic eschatological banquet (44). Particularly interesting was his recognition that the Last Supper functioned as a multi-sensory parable, âÂÂsomething not just to be reflected upon and proclaimed, but also to be experienced with our sensesâ (45). My one issue is that the summary of the individual GospelâÂÂs unique contributions followed what seemed to be the climax of the essay. This section felt tagged on and in my opinion, didnâÂÂt have much else to contribute by this point. However, Pennington had possibly the most difficult assignment in this book, and he skilfully brought everything together.
James Hamilton sees Paul explaining in 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 that the, âÂÂLordâÂÂs Supper is a proclamation of the gospel made by those who embrace the gospelâ (68). To establish this, Hamilton surveys 1 Corinthians as a whole, drawing out the point that Paul addresses each of the Corinthiansâ problems with the Gospel. This supports his claim that the improper behaviour of the Corinthians in taking the supper was caused by their lack of Gospel-centeredness; causing Paul to show them the implications of the Gospel for the supper, and re-establish its rightful central place in the believing community.
Historical Chapters:
The largest portion of the book is addressed to the history of interpretation and practice of the LordâÂÂs Supper. Haykin first summarizes the early patristic writings on the Supper, showing the centrality of the Supper in the early church. Hogg has an entire chapter on the differing views of two monks in the tenth century: Radbertus and Ratramnus. The views of the Catholic Church, Luther, Zwingli and the Reformed views are then discussed in their own respective chapters. Gregory Wills then gives a summary of interpretation and practice in Baptist churches, particularly detailing the transition from closed communion to open, and how that change reflected the mindset of liberal views infiltrating the church.
As I am far from an expert in these areas, I wonâÂÂt offer much critique. AllisonâÂÂs chapter on the Catholic Church was particularly thorough and appeared to fairly represent their view. WareâÂÂs chapter on Zwingli was also particularly strong and interesting. Both Allison and Ware succeeded in helpfully correcting common oversimplifications of Catholic and Zwinglian doctrine. Others unfortunately appeared to follow some of these misunderstandings of Zwingli in their own chapters. WrightâÂÂs chapter on the Reformed view seemed to be a little too broad and wasnâÂÂt able to interact as deeply with its subject. WillâÂÂs chapter on the history of Baptist views was very interesting but seemed to link open communion too strongly with liberal theology.
Theological and Practical Chapters:
Moving on to the theological section, Brian Vickersâ chapter on the Biblical theme of remembrance is worth the price of the book. He explores the implications of the supper being taken in remembrance of Christ, and his essay reveals many important insights. Particularly good was his focus on remembrance as actively partaking in GodâÂÂs past faithfulness in the present, with hope for the future.
Unfortunately, ThornburyâÂÂs essay wasnâÂÂt particularly strong. I couldnâÂÂt find a âÂÂpurposeâ statement anywhere in his essay, and after reading to the last sentence I was mostly none the wiser as to what he was trying to say. I donâÂÂt think IâÂÂm the only one because all reviews IâÂÂve read on this book avoided mentioning this chapter.
Probably the most controversial chapter will be Van NesteâÂÂs. He is given the task of addressing practical application of the LordâÂÂs Supper in the local church. The nature of this chapter guarantees that one will not agree with all the conclusions. Van NesteâÂÂs wisdom throughout this chapter is to be commended, but in some areas he overstates his case. For example, in regards to communionâÂÂs exclusive role in the local church, I believe he goes too far by stating that shut-ins should not be allowed to partake. Van NesteâÂÂs view that communion is only to be partaken amongst the local body sits in tension with texts like Acts 20:7 where Paul partook with believers at Troas during his travels.
The fact that all authors are Baptists shouldnâÂÂt stop anyone from reading this book because a) the authors are not in complete agreement on every point, b) they are very thorough and fair in their research, and c) they represent and interact with the views of other traditions.
This book is a wonderful resource for anyone wanting to have a better understanding of the LordâÂÂs Supper Biblically, historically, theologically and practically.
November 3, 2012
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