In this class we look at the Bibilcal witness that indicates that the church actually gathered for the purpose of eating the Lord's Supper. Paul speaks to this purpose in 1 Cor 11 & Luke in Act 20:7. It is challenging to distinguish the several kinds of eating events that Luke mentions, but it is evident that the church gathered to break bread & it was in that context that Paul then preached. This is an intriguing & challenging paradigm in view of the fact that most of us gather for the purpose of the preaching (or the music - which is another subject). But were we to gather for the purpose of the Supper, we would be gathering unto the presence of Christ & then, in conscious union with Him, we would exercise our gifts & engage in woship making Him & His presence & His word the prominent focus. Would such a construct protect us from having the church inadvertently become the preacher's personality cult? Do we gather to the preacher or to Christ?
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Pastor Dunn holds a Bachelor of Arts from Cedarville College, Cedarville, Ohio (1975); a Master of Arts in Humanities from Western Kentucky University (1978); and a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts (1982). Pastor Dunn...
