Featuring: Dr. Craig Blomberg
In this insightful message, New Testament scholar Dr. Craig Blomberg traces a theology of meals from Genesis to Revelation to show how food, fellowship, and holiness are deeply connected in the biblical story. Drawing from decades of research and his own work, Dr. Blomberg reveals how meals in Scripture are never just about food—they're about presence, community, and spiritual transformation.
From Abraham’s hospitality to strangers, to the wilderness manna, to Jesus’ habit of dining with tax collectors and sinners, meals are a consistent thread that reveal God’s heart for the outsider. Blomberg highlights how radical and even scandalous Jesus’ table fellowship was in His day—and how the Church is still called to follow His example in crossing boundaries of class, culture, and sin with grace and truth.
With a blend of scholarly depth, humor, and pastoral challenge, Dr. Blomberg invites us to consider: What if the Church’s holiness was not about isolation, but incarnation? What if purity was meant to be contagious? From the Lord’s Supper to our dinner tables, this message calls us to embody the kind of welcome Jesus modeled—a holiness that draws people in rather than shutting them out.
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