Confession of St. Peter
Appointed Lessons
Acts 4: 8-13 * 1 Peter 5:1-4 * Matthew 16:13-19 * Psalm 23
Scripture quotations labeled NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, and used by permission.
The Living Word | Lectionary Preaching Aids
Preaching Today
Paul Korir: Who Do You Say That I Am?Â
“The ministry of Jesus and his disciples could be summed up in the offices of these three godly persons: John the Baptist, Prophet Elijah, and Prophet Jeremiah.”Â
Classic Text
William Beveridge: Till Time Itself Shall Do SoÂ
“The devil may as well undertake to destroy Christ’s real body in heaven, as his mystical upon earth; for so long as he continues there, be sure his Church shall continue here, and never cease to be, till time itself shall do so; and then also it shall not be destroyed by hell, but translated into heaven, there to triumph for evermore.”Â
Articles
Jean McCurdy Meade: A Choice That Changed the WorldÂ
“Let’s get one thing straight right away: This passage recounts the time when the angel Gabriel was sent by God to Mary of Nazareth to tell her she had been chosen by God to bear the Messiah, not to announce to her that she was already pregnant with the promised Messiah.”Â
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Ian Olsen: The Holy One Called HomeÂ
“While he understood the coming of Jesus to be anticipated by those texts the surprising course of events by which Israel’s Messiah was revealed demonstrated that his coming exceeded the linguistic expression and conceptual apprehension of those texts.”Â
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