Three weeks ago, we heard Peter’s confession of faith as told in John’s gospel. This week we hear Mark’s version, when Peter says, “You are the Messiah.” In John, the stumbling block is Jesus’ invitation to eat his flesh, given for the life of the world. In Mark too the scandal has to do with Jesus’ words about his own coming death, and here Peter himself stumbles over Jesus’ words. But Jesus is anointed (the meaning of messiah) in Mark only on the way to the cross (14:3); so, we are anointed in baptism with the sign of the cross. Our service will be live streamed from Cross of Glory Lutheran Church starting at 8:30 AM. Click on the image above to watch the live stream. The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18LvsXr79bzWFoySNlsbJMFg1L4hveXF2/view?usp=drive_link

Three weeks ago, we heard Peter’s confession of faith as told in John’s gospel. This week we hear Mark’s version, when Peter says, “You are the Messiah.” In John, the stumbling block is Jesus’ invitation to eat his flesh, given for the life of the world. In Mark too the scandal has to do with Jesus’ words about his own coming death, and here Peter himself stumbles over Jesus’ words. But Jesus is anointed (the meaning of messiah) in Mark only on the way to the cross (14:3); so, we are anointed in baptism with the sign of the cross. Our service will be live streamed from Cross of Glory Lutheran Church starting at 8:30 AM. Click on the image above to watch the live stream. The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18LvsXr79bzWFoySNlsbJMFg1L4hveXF2/view?usp=drive_link

Hace tres semanas escuchamos la confesión de fe de Pedro, tal como se relata en el evangelio de Juan. Esta semana escuchamos la versión de Marcos, cuando Pedro dice: “Tú eres el Mesías”. En Juan, el obstáculo es la invitación de Jesús a comer su carne, entregada para la vida del mundo. En Marcos también el escándalo tiene que ver con las palabras de Jesús sobre su propia muerte venidera, y aquí el propio Pedro tropieza con las palabras de Jesús. Pero Jesús es ungido (el significado de mesías) en Marcos solo en el camino a la cruz (14:3); por lo que nosotros somos ungidos en el bautismo con la señal de la cruz. Únase a nosotros para nuestro culto que comienza a las 12:00 p. m. en la Iglesia Luterana Atonement (1980 Silver Lake Road New Brighton, MN 55112). ¡Todos son bienvenidos!