Come to the Table, Revisioning the Lord's Supper by John Mark Hicks

Have you ever stopped to consider the Lord’s Supper? Has there ever been a time when you wondered if there was something missing from the experience? What should its form be or who should participate? How was it celebrated in the first century? More importantly, how did early Christians understand communion? Come to the Table by John Mark Hicks answers these and many more questions in careful detail.

Come to the Table is more than a book about the Lord’s Supper, it is a reexamination of our perception of God, sacrifice, fellowship and community. Dr. Hicks begins by forcing the reader to thinking deeply about God’s character and motives and how they tie directly to communion. Come to the Table quickly moves into a history of Jewish covenant meals and the distinction between the sacrifice made and the fellowship meal which follows. The distinction is further examined in Luke, Acts and I Corinthians. Hicks argues communion is not about sacrifice but redemption.