by Kenny Burchard | Nov 14, 2018 | Eucharist, Sacramentalism, Theological Studies
Have you ever heard someone say that “Catholics believe they are re-sacrificing Jesus” in the Catholic Mass? I have. And guess what; that’s not the teaching of the Catholic Church regardless of what you might have heard! What follows is what is really happening in the...
by Luke Geraty | Jun 28, 2017 | Baptism, Charismatic Theology, Ecclesiology, Eucharist, Pneumatology, Sacramentalism, Systematic Theology, The Kingdom of God, Theological Studies
Below is a copy of the paper I presented at the 2017 Society of Vineyard Scholars’ annual gathering (PDF can be found here). I essentially argue that sacramentality is essential for Vineyard theology and praxis, especially the regular celebration of Communion....
by Luke Geraty | Apr 23, 2015 | Baptism, Charismatic Theology, Christology, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Eucharist, Pneumatology, Sacramentalism, Theological Studies
My early Christian experience was largely in church traditions that were about as far from any form of sacramentalism that one could get. Our family attended churches within the Evangelical and Charismatic movements, none of which ever used the word “sacrament.”...
by Luke Geraty | Feb 13, 2014 | Eucharist, Theological Studies
Great quote here: “A typical argument against this idea [of the weekly celebration of the Lord’s Supper] is, “If we do this so often it will become less meaningful.” At first this has the appearance of wisdom; but with just a little pondering...
by Luke Geraty | Aug 8, 2013 | Eucharist, The Kingdom of God
If you have time, check out my friend Thomas Creedy’s Society of Vineyard Scholars’ 2013 paper, “Gathering for the Lord’s Supper – the Table at the Center.” Creedy’s paper is quite good and provides some healthy challenge to the...
by Luke Geraty | Aug 30, 2012 | Baptism, Eucharist, Gender Issues
Denny Burk points out a quote from Lig Duncan: “The denial of complementarianism undermines the church’s practical embrace of the authority of Scripture (thus eventually and inevitably harming the church’s witness to the Gospel). The gymnastics required to get...
by Luke Geraty | Jul 24, 2012 | Eucharist
Tonight I participated in a group discussion on a variety of theological issues with some friends and family from the church I serve and another local church that I love (Faith Free Evangelical Church). Through the course of the discussion, my good friend Pastor Mike...
by Luke Geraty | Nov 1, 2011 | Baptism, Eucharist, Leadership
Commenting on the concept of a “diaconate of women,” some suggest that: “The same patristic sources that attest to the existence of women deacons emphatically state that women could never be priests. For Jesus Christ chose only men for this ministry...
by Luke Geraty | Oct 31, 2011 | Eucharist
As an advocate of frequent observance of the Lord’s Supper, I think it’s important to consider a variety of the themes that are found in it’s meaning. In fact, I think highlighting these different themes can help broaden the understanding of a...
by Luke Geraty | Jun 24, 2011 | Charismatic Theology, Eucharist
If last week you had told me that I’d be finding a book on the Sacraments by a Pentecostal scholar, I would have probably laughed and thought you were crazy. Those two subjects are mutually exclusive, right? Wrong. I just received (thanks to my wife!) Daniel...
by Luke Geraty | Apr 21, 2011 | Eucharist
Tradition has it that on a Thursday in 33AD, Jesus broke bread and passed a cup with His disciples. We now call this the Lord’s Supper and celebrate it in remembrance of Jesus’ broken body and shed blood. Much ink has been spilled on the various ways that...
by Luke Geraty | Dec 7, 2010 | Eucharist, Reformed Theology
John Calvin writes, “Moreover, two faults are here to be avoided. We must neither, by setting too little value on the signs, dissever them from their meanings to which they are in some degree annexed, nor by immoderately extolling them, seem somewhat to obscure...
