Christopher Kou
7 articles
Searching Out the Things Revealed: A Biblical Approach to the Divine Council
Thank you to all who responded to my initial essay for your thoughtful contributions and engagement. We’ve had both constructive criticism and some fresh perspectives represented here. I hope this has been a profitable discussion for all who have been following, and I also pray that this can be a…
The Divine Council
The Divine Council was popularized by the late Dr. Michael Heiser in his book The Unseen Realm , first published in 2015 and expanded in a posthumous 2025 edition, as well as other books and numerous podcasts and videos. Though Dr. Heiser sadly passed away in 2023, the impact of…
Eucharistic Remembrance as Godward: The Evidence of Historic Liturgical Practice
Meanings of Remembrance Both Luke’s account of the upper room (Luke 22:14–23) and Paul’s recounting in 1 Corinthians 11:23–25 record Jesus’ words that the Supper in the distribution of bread: “do this in remembrance of me” (τοῦτο ποιεῖτε εἰς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάμνησιν). 1 1 Corinthians 11:25 repeats the words in…
Cross My Heart
Take a long look at the photo above. To whom is this woman praying? It is hard to tell, isn’t it? Suppose we watch her for a while. We may see her bow low to the floor. Her lips may move, though perhaps it is too low for us to…
The Epiclesis in the Reformed Eucharistic Prayer, 3
In Part 2 of this series we traced what we have of the development of the epiclesis in the liturgy of the Church. In this third and final part we’ll look at the theological implications of this and how we may apply what we’ve learned. As we saw in Part…
The Epiclesis in the Reformed Eucharistic Prayer, (Part 2)
In the first part of this series we examined the meaning of “blessing” in Scripture and its parallels in Jewish liturgical tradition, but did not find anything that we could properly call an epiclesis (an invocation of the Holy Spirit). We did find examples of invocation of Jesus to “come”…
The Epiclesis in Reformed Eucharistic Prayer, (Part 1)
What happens at the Table of the Lord? If Christ is really present, then how is this so? The witness of the Church throughout history has been that Christ is present in the Eucharist through the operation of the Holy Spirit, and in the practice of the Church, prayers at…