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The Lord’s Supper: A Guide to the Heavenly Feast

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, 2025
ISBN: 9781683597964
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Do You Believe?

You receive Communion. But what does it mean?

In The Lord’s Supper: A Guide to the Heavenly Feast, John W. Kleinig awakens a hunger for meeting Jesus in the bread and wine. The Bible tells us that Jesus came from heaven to earth to give us himself, and his self-giving continues in the meal that he hosts. In the sacrament of Communion, Jesus offers believers nothing less than his holy, life-giving body and cleansing blood. He brings heaven to earth for us and gives us a foretaste of the heavenly supper of the Lamb. And by faith, we commune with him. In the Eucharist, Christians give thanks for God’s gift of himself.

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Praise for The Lord’s Supper

John Kleinig's reflection on the Lord's Supper is at once simple, profound, and thoroughly biblical. Avoiding several of the thickets that divide churches on this mystery, he focuses our attention on the central aspects that unite them. The result is the most accessible and catholic introduction to the Lord's Supper I have read.

—Tyler R. Wittman, associate professor of Christian theology, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA

Dr. Kleinig has gifted readers with a winning, accessible, and engaging introduction to the Lord's Supper. Written in the Lutheran tradition for a wide Christian audience, The Lord's Supper helps all readers to see and to relish the gracious Savior to whom the Supper points.

—Guy Prentiss Waters, James M. Baird, Jr. Professor of New Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, MS

Kleinig draws readers into plumbing the depths of what the Bible says about Christ’s meal in the context of meal-taking throughout Scripture.

—Robert Kolb, professor of systematic theology emeritus, Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis, MO

This book is a must-read for Christians from all faith traditions who want a clear presentation of what Scripture reveals about the great mystery and precious gift of Holy Communion that is Christ himself.

—Kelsi Klembara, 1517 Online Content Manager

Christian Essentials

The Christian Essentials series passes down tradition that matters. The ancient church was founded on basic biblical teachings and practices like the Ten Commandments, baptism, the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Supper, the Lord’s Prayer, and corporate worship. These basics of the Christian life have sustained and nurtured every generation of the faithful—from the apostles to today. The books in the Christian Essentials series open up the meaning of the foundations of our faith.

Learn more about the other titles in this series.

  • Orientation
  • The Meal of Meals
  • The Feast within a Feast
  • An Ordered Meal
  • A Sacrificial Banquet
  • The Blood of the Covenant
  • The Unseen Host
  • Sound Remembrance
  • Bread from Heaven
  • How Can He Do This?
  • Heaven on Earth
  • Full Remission
  • Title: The Lord’s Supper: A Guide to the Heavenly Feast
  • Author: John W. Kleinig
  • Series: Christian Essentials
  • Publisher: Lexham Press
  • Publication Date: 2025
  • Pages: 200
  • Format: Logos Digital, Hardcover
  • Trim Size: 5x7
  • ISBN: 9781683597964

John W. Kleinig is a retired lecturer of the Old Testament at Australian Lutheran College and a pastor of the Lutheran Church of Australia. He is the author of numerous books, including God’s Word: A Guide to Holy Scripture; Grace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today; and Wonderfully Made: A Protestant Theology of the Body.

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  1. Aaron Lee

    Aaron Lee

    6/4/2025

    In The Lord’s Supper, John W. Kleinig offers a guide to the heavenly feast. The book begins by showing how meals, in the biblical sense, are social. Participation in a common meal is, at its best, a way people give of themselves and honor one another. Body and Blood Kleinig presents a biblical theology of meals and positions the Lord’s Supper as the meal of meals. I was struck by how Jesus longed to share this supper with His disciples, a longing noted uniquely in Luke 22:15. Kleinig reflects deeply on what it means to partake of Christ’s body and blood. I was especially drawn to the meals of Jesus in Luke’s Gospel, particularly the encounter with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13–35). It is in this seventh meal that Jesus reveals Himself to them as He feeds them with His sacrificed body and blood. A Foretaste of Heaven I was most moved to read how the Lord’s Supper is a memorial meal, where we remember that we are pardoned and loved. It cleanses our conscience and replaces guilt and shame. While ordinary food strengthens us physically, the Lord’s Supper strengthens us spiritually. The book ends by teaching how Lord’s Supper transforms us and gives us a foretaste of heaven. This book is brilliant and will enrich your understanding of the blessings found in our heavenly feast. I received a media copy of The Lord’s Supper and this is my honest review.
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  2. Rowan

    Rowan

    5/27/2025

    Great read!
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