In today’s gospel many people take offense at Jesus’ invitation to eat his flesh and drink his blood; even many of Jesus’ disciples peel off. This is the backdrop in John’s gospel for Peter’s confession of faith. “To whom can we go?” asks Peter, in words we sometimes sing just before the gospel is read. “You have the words of eternal life.” In order to take such a stand, as Peter and Joshua did, Paul tells us to arm ourselves with the word of God. We pray in the Spirit that we might be bold ambassadors of the gospel. Our service will be live streamed from Silver View Park starting at 9:30 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/1o0d63YsqHg42IwOijG9G_Fv2Sw1BzlLY/view?usp=drive_link  

En el evangelio de hoy, muchas personas se ofenden por la invitación de Jesús a comer su carne y beber su sangre; incluso muchos de los discípulos de Jesús se descascaran. Este es el contexto en el evangelio de Juan para la confesión de fe de Pedro. “¿A quién podemos ir?”, pregunta Pedro, con palabras que a veces cantamos justo antes de que se lea el evangelio. “Tú tienes palabras de vida eterna”. Para adoptar esa postura, como lo hicieron Pedro y Josué, Pablo nos dice que nos armemos con la palabra de Dios. Oramos en el Espíritu para que seamos embajadores valientes del evangelio. Nuestro servicio se transmitirá en vivo desde Silver View Park a partir de las 9:30 a. m. Haga clic en la imagen de arriba para ver la transmisión en vivo.

Jesus protests against human customs being given the weight of divine law, while the essence of God’s law is ignored. True uncleanness comes not from external things, but from the intentions of the human heart. Last week Jesus told us “the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life” (John 6:63). Now James says God has given us birth by the word of truth. We who were washed in the word when we were born in the font return to it every Sunday to ask God to create in us clean hearts. Our service will be live streamed from Cross of Glory Lutheran Church starting at 9:30 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/1Z4K-bUKnkpzVDpIHLNSa-AOn8fXwq0n4/view?usp=drive_link