It’s widely known among Christians that communion should be taken seriously. But sometimes I wonder if God’s people feel an unhealthy amount of angst when coming to the Lord’s table.
One of the primary passages about the Lord’s Supper derives from 1 Corinthians. The church at Corinth is infamous for many issues: sexual misconduct, claims of spiritual superiority, going to court and suing one another, divisions over church leaders, serious misunderstandings of marriage and singleness, eating food offered to idols, misunderstanding of proper dress, not having an appreciation for certain spiritual gifts. And on and on we go.
Add another to the list: the misuse of communion.
It’s been customary for Christians to eat together since the days of the early church. At Corinth, Christians held events called “The Love Feast” in which the church gathered to eat a meal together, then participate in the Lord’s Supper afterward. But many Christians at Corinth did not take the…
