Welcome to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. St. Mark’s is an historic congregation of the ELCA that unconditionally welcomes all people of all ethnicities, genders, identities and backgrounds. Please join us for worship on Sundays at 8:30 or 10:30 am with inspiring music and talented musicians as we gather to grow together […]

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Someone who wasn’t part of Jesus’ circle was casting out demons in Jesus’ name, and the disciples wanted him stopped. They appealed to Jesus, as Joshua did to Moses about the elders who prophesied without official permission. Both Moses and Jesus refused to see this as a threat. Jesus welcomes the good being done in […]

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Jesus protests against abandoning the law and holding to human traditions, saying that true uncleanness comes not from external things, but from the intentions of the human heart. James writes that God gives us birth by the word of truth, Jesus Christ; therefore, we are to be not simply hearers of the word, but doers […]

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In today’s gospel the disciples take offense at Jesus’ teaching about the bread of life, and many of Jesus’ disciples no longer went about with him. Against this, Peter confessed, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life.” Paul also reminds us that God’s word is like armor that protects […]

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The entire Bible witnesses to God’s wisdom and walking in the way of insight, peace, and reconciliation. Jesus gave his flesh and blood for the life of the world on the cross and was raised to new life. Jesus is the living bread of heaven who gives the world eternal life. Eating his flesh and […]

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Through the grace of faith we are drawn to Jesus by the Father; and Jesus, the bread of life, says that whoever believes in him has eternal life. Therefore, as Paul writes, we are to be imitators of God in Christ, always walking in love that our lives might be a fragrant offering and sacrifice […]

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Apparently not satisfied by Jesus’ feeding of thousands, some followed Jesus for a sign of his power. They looked for Jesus not because they believed in him but had eaten their fill of the loaves. Jesus offered himself, saying, “I am the bread of life.” He is the bread come from heaven to give life […]

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