Does the body benefit from the Lords Supper?
by Rev. Timothy Puls, Dean of Students, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne Americans today have much more information on achieving and maintaining a healthy body, including low-fat diets and exercise. In fact, Americans are consumed with better health. How can I get an edge? How can I avoid debilitating illness? How can I live long? Physicians still say that the key to healthy living is both a healthy, balanced diet and regular exercise. Perhaps the church ought to look more closely at this point. Spiritually speaking, what is the Christian’s balanced diet and regular exercise? And what are the benefits? Are the benefits only for the soul, or for the body as well? Spiritually feeding on the Bread of Life, Jesus Christ, through both the Word and the sacraments not only strengthen the soul but the body as well. To a fat-conscious exercise-minded society that is good news. Keys to a healthy diet: Word and Sacrament Herman Sasse once said, “The Word of God cannot be rightly underst
