05/26/2019
Revelation 1:12-20
Chris Breslin
“Christ is the center and at the center.” -Eugene Peterson
“Jesus is a perfect photo of the Unseen God…The result is that he’s tops any way you look at it.” – Cotton Patch Gospel paraphrase of Colossians 1
Scripture:
Behold the Lamb collage artwork by Chris Breslin (2019)
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
Because Jesus Christ is Alive by The Sing Team
Thy Mercy, My God by Stocker/McCracken
How Firm a Foundation by Rippon/Funk
Psalm 46 by Bifrost Arts
Amazing Grace by Newton
The Kingdom is Yours by Common Hymnal
Doxology
Revelation Reading:
The Theology of the Book of Revelation (New Testament Theology) by Richard Bauckham
Can I Get a Witness?: Reading Revelation through African American Culture by Brian Blount
The Book of Revelation: Justice and Judgment by Elisabeth Shüssler Fiorenza
Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and Witness: Following the Lamb into the New Creation by Michael Gorman
Apocalypse and Allegiance: Worship, Politics, and Devotion in the Book of Revelation by J. Nelson Kraybill
Picturing the Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation in the Arts over Two Millennia by Natasha & Anthony O’Hear
Revelation (Brazos Commentary) by Joseph Mangina
Reversed Thunder: The Revelation of John and the Praying Imagination by Eugene Peterson
From Every People and Nation: The Book of Revelation in Intercultural Perspective ed. David Rhoads
