Articles Tagged 'Upper' (Page 4)

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Broken Bread

Phil Ware continues his series of Communion Devotionals called Beyond Bread and Wine that focuses on all the depth, meaning, and significance to the Lord's Supper.

Why is it so important to recognize that the bread is broken? Because we are broken, too!

Loose Lug Nuts and the RagTag Band

Phil Ware reminds us that we want to not only share in the Lord's Supper, but we also want our table to be like Levi's table of grace and friendship.

Will we make the Lord's Table like Levi's table?

Some Mountains Matter More

Phil Ware continues his series on knowing the mountains on which we are willing to die -- both doctrinal and missional mountains of significance.

So how do we know our mountains of greatest importance?

More than a Memorial

Phil Ware talks about the importance of taking time to remember Jesus and restore Jesus in the Lord's Supper.

Is there something more to The Supper than just remembering?

Do I Have to Go to Church if I Become a Christian?

There are really good reasons why Christians need to go to church. We just do not often explain them.

Why are so afraid to tell someone they have to go to church?

Beyond the sacred Page

Phil Ware continues his series on The Yearning, our need and desire and longing for Jesus to be real to us and close to us and experienceable in our daily lives.

How can Jesus be real to me and not just someone I read about on the pages of the Bible?

What is Core: Communion

Phil Ware talks about what is core to our faith and then ties it to everyday meals as well as our celebration of the Lord's Supper.

When we gather in Jesus' name, something transcendent happens: He is there with us!

Enter The Story

Phil Ware begins the journey through The Story of God and talks about how our story and God's story intersects and involves us in his great unfolding saga of grace and redemption.

How do you fit into God's story?

Greater Things: Fellowship

Phil Ware continues to talk about the greater things the early church experienced in the opening days of the believers following Jesus and in this case, genuine fellowship, sharing and having life in common, is key.

Are we willing to make fellowship more than coffee and donuts?

Everything on the Line

Phil Ware continues his series on the unpredictable Savior and reminds us of the upper room discourses where Jesus demonstrates and teaches what is most important to him to those who are most important to him, his disciples, his friends, those he loves.

What would you do in your last moments with those you love?

Communion and Christmas

Danny Sims shares insights into what God is saying in Jesus using the Communion we share at Christmas.

What does all of this mean ... to you and me ... today?

Catch & Release: First Importance

Phil Ware compares 1 Corinthians 15 and Romans 6 and reminds us that what saves us is Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection and we get to participate and experience these in baptism and the Lord's Supper!

Why do we make things more complicated than they need to be?

Wrong Road, Right Friend

Phil Ware continues to share his insights on experiencing Jesus as Immanuel.

Are you walking down the hard road alone?

Independence Day

Phil Ware shares with us the real meaning of Independence Day and how we can celebrate it every week.

How often do you celebrate it?

The Jesus Filter

Russ reminds us that we are to have the mind of Christ, our Jesus filter, through which we process the things in our lives and the way we look at people around us.

How do you process things these days?

The Power of Memory

Memory and remembering are powerful and communion has got to be a part of that remembering for Christians.

Do you really remember when you eat at this table?

The Most Expensive Meal in History

While the most expensive meal in history was billed as an overcharge on a credit card, it really is a meal provided by our sin.

What's the most you have ever paid for a meal?

 

Memorial Day should make us also think of communion and Jesus' sacrifice for us.

What are we really worth?

Don't Forget

We are a forgetful people and lose so many valuable things of faith because we don't remember what God has done.

Can you remember what you most recently forgot?

The New Year and The Blood of The Lamb

At the start of a New Year, let's make a commitment to remember the meaning of the Lord's Supper and Jesus' sacrifice.

Can we learn to center on what is most important?

Christian Independence Day

Christian Independence day is each and every Sunday as we celebrate our deliverance from death through the Lord's Supper.

What is Christian Independence Day?