Is It Wrong to Use Grape Juice for Communion?

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Word and Sacrament

Is It Wrong to Use Grape Juice for Communion?

25 min

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Word and Sacrament

Is It Wrong to Use Grape Juice for Communion?

25 min

“One of the reasons I think it’s significant is not just because Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper with wine… When we think of alcohol purely negatively, as though in and of itself it’s evil or sinful, there’s a problem there because that’s not how the Bible depicts it. Often in the Bible it’s depicted as a drink of celebration, a drink of joy, a drink of feasting.”
– Pastor Adriel Sanchez

Questions in this Episode

Questions with an asterisk have related resources linked below.

  1. What does “calling upon the name of the Lord” in Genesis 4 mean?
  2. Did the world and everything in it belong to Jesus while he was a man?
  3. Is it inappropriate to use grape juice for Communion?
  4. Do I invite my friend to church if she’s only interested in making friends?
  5. Will the Second Coming affect people living on the Moon or Mars?

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Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

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