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Podcast: Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio
Episode: Free-Text First Friday: Are Seders Appropriate for Christians?
Description: You’ve undoubtedly heard of the Seder meal: a ritual feast that began the festival of weeks, also known as Passover. The Seder meal that modern Jews observe is a far departure from what Jesus and his disciples would have had when he instituted the Lord’s Supper. So why do we see many Christians over the past few decades trying to reclaim the Seder meal for use in churches? Many argue that Christ’s institution of the Lord’s Supper should supersede and preclude any practice of Seders among Christians, while others say the symbolic and devotional nature of the S...