2018 Archives - Bible Advocate Advocating the Bible, representing the Church, and glorifying the God of grace and truth Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:33:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://baonline.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/05/cropped-file-32x32.jpg 2018 Archives - Bible Advocate 32 32 For This Cause https://baonline.org/for-this-cause/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:36:31 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=4523

Clay cup with bread, text Lord's Supper March 29th, on a linen cloth background.Is he a king or not? Pilate wanted to know, but Jesus hadn’t really given him a straight answer. If he is a king, even a wannabe king, one of those messiahs the Jewish rabble is always talking about, he’s unlike any I’ve ever seen. And I‘ve seen a few! “My kingdom is not of […]

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]]> A New Covenant Ordinance https://baonline.org/a-new-covenant-ordinance/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 08:27:29 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=4519

Clay cup with bread, text Lord's Supper March 29th, on a linen cloth background.

I’m confident that 90 percent of my Lord’s Supper experiences as a child and youth were positive ones. Based on the family I grew up in, the folks in our local church, and the men who served us as pastors, it could hardly have been otherwise. Why is it, then, that I find it easier […]

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]]> Memories and Yearning https://baonline.org/memories-and-yearning/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:42:22 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=4511

Clay cup with bread, text Lord's Supper March 29th, on a linen cloth background.The year 2018 is my 52nd time observing the Lord’s Supper. Surely this qualifies for “often” (1 Corinthians 11:25, 26), as did the high priest’s entering the holy place every year (Hebrews 9:25). Settings for the Supper have been in large and small churches and at the bedside of elderly saints. Some years we traveled […]

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]]> Of Bread and Brethren https://baonline.org/of-bread-and-brethren/ Wed, 21 Mar 2018 20:08:38 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=4503

Clay cup with bread, text Lord's Supper March 29th, on a linen cloth background.“Till we meet at Jesus’ feet . . . God be with you till we meet again,” the voices echo in the church’s vestibule. These words often have a difficult time escaping my mouth. Now tears creep into my eyes as our small congregation sings this profound song, holding hands in a circle that encompasses […]

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]]> The Last Miracle https://baonline.org/the-last-miracle/ Tue, 20 Mar 2018 02:46:15 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=4494

Clay cup with bread, text Lord's Supper March 29th, on a linen cloth background.Unlike Jesus’ first miracle when, astonishingly, He changed many large jars of water into wine, or unlike some of the succeeding miracles and signs He performed before His followers, Jesus’ last miracle may seem small by comparison. Yet it is just as indicative of His nature as is any of the acts of compassion carried […]

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]]> A Memorial Service https://baonline.org/a-memorial-service/ Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:47:38 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=4490

Clay cup with bread, text Lord's Supper March 29th, on a linen cloth background.As I reflect on the upcoming Lord’s Supper service, I wonder what Jesus was thinking the night of the first Lord’s Supper. How was He feeling, knowing that within a few hours, He would be betrayed by Judas, denied by Peter, abandoned, accused falsely, and crucified by those He came to save? In Luke 22:15 […]

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