T. Alex Tennent, author of The Messianic Feast and The Messiah’s Baptism, explores scriptural truths behind the Last Supper and water/spiritual baptism.
After graduating from Bible college in Seattle in 1983, T. Alex Tennent entered the graduate degree theology program. Motivated by a love for God’s word, he continued studying the Greek language to better interpret and understand the original scriptures. This journey led to harmonizing the Greek scriptures relating to the Last Supper controversy, in turn opening the door to even greater understandings.
The Messianic Feast gives us a new look at the scriptures through the original Jewish Messianic perspective and proper Greek translation—and in the process, proves that the Last Supper was not the Passover and that the traditional Communion ritual as we know today (also called the Blessed Eucharist) was not intended by Jesus. The Messianic Feast won the gold medal in the 2014 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Awards.
In his second book, T. Alex Tennent, The Messiah's Baptism takes a closer look at baptism, one of Christianity’s oldest rites. With his trademark meticulous research, thorough analysis, and scholarly yet approachable tone, Tennent explains the history behind baptism. We then see how it came to hold so much importance today at the expense of what God actually intended for us—to be baptized with His Holy Spirit, not with a mere sprinkling or immersion in water.