TOPIC INDEXThe Lord's Supper (16)

  1. Judas' Betrayal, Middle English, and the Last Supper

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    03/27/24
    10 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    This day and its meaning provided the opportunity for an anonymous author to write a poem for Sheer Thursday about Judas' betrayal of Jesus.

  2. 344: Ambrose - The mystical feast of the altar of the Lord

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    03/17/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Plug In, Baby. In this episode, we read St. Ambrose’s work, On the Mysteries, enjoying his exegesis and defense of the body and blood of Jesus. We also discuss recognizing patterns in the Bible, testing the spirits who want to separate out the heavenly from the earthly, and the importance of symbol and meaning for Christian comfort.

  3. 306: Nagel - The Medicine of Immortality

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    05/08/23
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Honey, Where Did This Thing Come From? In this episode, we discuss the Lord’s Supper, early church tradition, worship, and the question, “Where did this come from?” At the same time, we read Dr. Norman Nagel’s essay, “Medicine of Immortality and Antidote against Death.”

  4. Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 2

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    03/17/23
    11 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    What we discover in O’Connor’s stories and Martin Luther’s theology is that God’s grace is elusive because the human heart is resistant to it.

  5. Fed and Nourished

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    04/16/21
    11 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Jesus rejects what we believe is most necessary and instead points us to his pain, suffering, death, and self-sacrifice.

  6. Are You the One Who Is to Come?

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    12/23/20
    9 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    People do not seek the gospel because they want to, but because God’s Word drives them to it.

  7. Jesus Drains The Cup So We May Drink

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    04/30/20
    6 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    When we proclaim Jesus' death we are, at the same time, preaching that this cup from which we drink is the cup of salvation for all who believe and receive it.

  8. Humbled to Hold The Cup

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    04/08/20
    5 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    By the blood of the Lamb God's people are given salvation and comfort. We're rescued from hopelessness.

  9. Norman E. Nagel, On the Lord's Supper from “The Spirit’s Gifts in the Confessions and in Corinth”

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    10/11/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    There was Gospel, and blood, and he killed a guy with a trident. Gillespie and Riley continue hijacking their podcast to honor their spiritual father, Norman Nagel, this time on the Lord's Supper from his “The Spirit’s Gifts in the Confessions and in Corinth.”

  10. The Schwabach Articles, Part 2

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    05/22/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    How does it... umm... how does it work? In this episode, Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss the Schwabach Articles. Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, Church, and all things churchy.

  11. Jesus Increases People's Gladness

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    01/29/19
    9 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    He comes to fill our old, stony heart with the new wine of his forgiveness.

  12. The Old Testament Roots of The Lord's Supper: Part 2

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    01/21/19
    11 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Blood is the thing. In the Scriptures, sin must be covered or "atoned for" as it's called, by blood.
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