06/23/2019
Revelation 8:1-5
Chris Breslin
“Hope is a song in a weary throat.” -Pauli Murray
“I wanted to tell you to have a good, clear cantus firmus; that is the only way to a full and perfect sound, when the counterpoint has a firm support and can’t come adrift or get out of tune, while remaining a distinct whole in its own right. Only a polyphony of this kind can give life a wholeness and at the same time assure us that nothing calamitous can happen as long as the cantus firmus is kept going.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Saying Jesus is Lord can mean little in practice for anyone who has to hesitate in saying Jesus is smart…he is not just nice, he is brilliant, he is the smartest man who has ever lived. He is now supervising the entire course of human history while simultaneously preparing the rest of the universe for our future role in it. He always has the best information on everything and certainly on the things that matter most in the human life.” -Dallas Willard
Scripture:
BBC Article on Hong Kong Protests
The Story of God in Culture and Song (Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Video Series)
Behold the Lamb collage artwork by Chris Breslin (2019)
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
Blood of the Lamb by Guthrie/Bennett/Tweedy
Those Who Trust by Chaffer
I Have Decided to Follow Jesus by Singh
Psalm 46 by Bifrost Arts
Have Mercy by McCracken/Cockrell
Sing Hallelujah to the Lord by Stassen
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
