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Barnyard Echoes
by Robert Holland
Text: Mark 14:30
Topic: Why we celebrate Communion
Big Idea: The ceremony of Communion calls us to remember Christ's death.
Keywords: Communion; Remembrance
Introduction
- Certain sounds stir our memories of times past.
- Illustration: Holland opens with memories of soundsa train whistle, a mantle clockthat transport him back to childhood memories.
Every rooster crow reminded Peter of the night Jesus was arrested.
- The sound of the rooster crowing reminded Peter of his failure.
- Mark 14:30
- Peter told the story of the rooster crowing as a reminder of God's grace.
- Illustration:Holland tells the brief story of Brownlow North, a Scottish preacher who began his sermon with confessing an embarrassing sin.
Every Communion ceremony reminds us of Christ's death and resurrection.
- The atmosphere of Communion reminds us of its sacredness.
- The words of Communion remind us Christ's death was real, and thus relevant.
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