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Conquering Fear -- John 10:22-30, Revelation 7:9-17, Acts 9:36-43, Psalm 23 -- Dean Feldmeyer, Ron Love, George Reed -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2010
This week's lectionary texts, particularly Psalm 23 and the Revelations passage, are often used at f
How Would Jesus Campaign? -- Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 3:1-3, Matthew 5:1-12 -- Carlos Wilton -- All Saints Day - A
Dear Fellow Preachers,
Who Are These? -- Revelation 7:9-17, Acts 9:36-43, John 10:22-30, Psalm 23 -- Roger Lovette -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
Lectionary texts for the Easter season, including all of them for this Sunday, reflect the resurrect

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Revelation's symbolic language gives early... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- All Saints Day - A -- 2008
Revelation's symbolic language gives early Christians the "inside information." They're undergoing p
Imagine Washington DC: government employees... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- All Saints Day - A -- 2008
Imagine Washington DC: government employees of every nationality; tourists from all over the world;
We know today that lambs... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- All Saints Day - A -- 2008
We know today that lambs are a sheepish lot, but paradoxically, Revelation 7 tells us that the Lamb
Revelation 7:9-17 Revelation's... -- Matthew 5:1-12, 1 John 3:1-3, Revelation 7:9-17 -- All Saints Day - A -- 2008
Revelation 7:9-17
The story is told of... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2007
The story is told of a despairing philosopher in London in the late nineteenth century.
How do you get into... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2007
How do you get into the party that ends all parties? Getting ready for a party, the husband
A friend tells of her... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2007
A friend tells of her experience on a sheep farm. She had no farm knowledge, so she
In the fourth century when... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2007
In the fourth century when the Roman Empire was crumbling and the foundation of all
Forty years ago next month... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2001
Forty years ago next month (June 6, 1961), Martin Luther King, Jr., gave the commencement address at
The wedding party was arriving... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2001
The wedding party was arriving for the rehearsal. They entered the church in ones or twos.
John's vision of the faithful... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2001
John's vision of the faithful reminds one of an election night party.
The city of Saginaw, Michigan... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2001
The city of Saginaw, Michigan, has developed a logo which pictures five people figures in a row.
Christianity is a singing religion... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1998
Christianity is a singing religion.
In our passage we see... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1998
In our passage we see in vivid imagery the joy of the redeemed in Heaven as they gather together to
Joe Garagiola tells a story... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1998
Joe Garagiola tells a story on Earl Weaver, a baseball manager.
Humanity doesn't like to think... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1998
Humanity doesn't like to think it needs a savior.
Her name was Annie and... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
Her name was Annie and she was dying of kidney failure.
As Christians, we are fond... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
As Christians, we are fond of depicting the world as "a vale of tears," and speak in our scriptures,
We came to the crest... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
We came to the crest of a hill and the sight before us was breathtaking.
Our two-year-old son... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
Our two-year-old son was unhappy with his mother and me because we had reprimanded him on a matter.
Throughout the centuries Christians have... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
Throughout the centuries Christians have been persecuted for their witness to the Lamb.
Victory celebrations are a common... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
Victory celebrations are a common sight in modern American culture, but certain ones stand out above

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Fourth Sunday Of Easter -- Acts 13:15-16, 26-33, Revelation 7:9-17, John 10:22-30 -- George M. Bass -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1991
The Church Year Theological Clue
All Saints' Day -- Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 3:1-3, Matthew 5:1-12 -- George M. Bass -- All Saints Day - C -- 1991
The Church Year Theological Clue
All Saints' Day -- Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 3:1-3, Matthew 5:1-12 -- George M. Bass -- All Saints Day - A -- 1989
The church year theological clue
Easter 4 -- Acts 13:15-16, 26-33, Revelation 7:9-17, John 10:22-30 -- Perry H. Biddle, Jr. -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1988
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How Would Jesus Campaign? -- Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 3:1-3, Matthew 5:1-12 -- Carlos Wilton -- All Saints Day - A
Dear Fellow Preachers,
Who Are These? -- Revelation 7:9-17, Acts 9:36-43, John 10:22-30, Psalm 23 -- Roger Lovette -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
Lectionary texts for the Easter season, including all of them for this Sunday, reflect the resurrect
The Good Shepherd Faces Violence -- John 10:22-30, Acts 9:36-43, Revelation 7:9-17, Psalm 23 -- Paul Bresnahan, Stephen P. McCutchan, Thom M. Shuman -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
This week's lectionary readings (especially Psalm 23 and John 10:22-30) are centered around the them

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Who Are These? -- Revelation 7:9-17, Acts 9:36-43, John 10:22-30, Psalm 23 -- Roger Lovette -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
Lectionary texts for the Easter season, including all of them for this Sunday, reflect the resurrect
The Good Shepherd Faces Violence -- John 10:22-30, Acts 9:36-43, Revelation 7:9-17, Psalm 23 -- Paul Bresnahan, Stephen P. McCutchan, Thom M. Shuman -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
This week's lectionary readings (especially Psalm 23 and John 10:22-30) are centered around the them

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Coming Through The Great Ordeal -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Janice B. Scott -- All Saints Day - A
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Object: A sheep stuffy or toy.

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Hello, everyone! (Let them respond.) Are you ready for our story today? (Let them respond.) Great! Let’s get started!

Did you know that Jesus traveled around and hunted for people who were doing something illegal and breaking the laws? (Let them respond.) He really did.And when he found someone who was doing something illegal, do you know what he did with them? (Let them respond.)

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Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28
Our text tells us that we are skilled in doing evil (v.22). An anonymous late medieval treatise titled German Theology tells us why:

It is the nature and property of the creature to seek itself and its own things, and this and that, here and there, and in all that it does and leaves undone as desire is to its own advantage and benefit. (Varieties of Mystic Experience, p.162)

Martin Luther King, Jr. offers an alternative to this vision:
David Coffin
All three of today’s texts can be viewed as good news that God never gives up on God’s people. This is despite their resistance to repent or simple straying from the community of faith. We can observe family and loved ones at various points of their faith journey through the lens of each of these texts. Jeremiah 4 informs the people their neglect of honoring their covenant with God is about to result in disastrous consequences. Paul recalls in 1 Timothy 1 how he thought he was falling God’s will until he had his literal come to Jesus moment!

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John E. Sumwalt
And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.’ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. (vv. 6-7)

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Janice B. Scott
Call to Worship:

Jesus told stories to illustrate to the people God's gladness whenever anyone turned to him and chose life. There is still rejoicing in heaven whenever any one of us turns to God.



Invitation to Confession:

Jesus, sometimes I think I'm too insignificant for you to bother with me.

Lord, have mercy.

Jesus, sometimes I don't bother with you.

Christ, have mercy.

Jesus, sometimes I don't bother with other people, but only with myself.

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James Evans
(See Proper 12/Pentecost 10/Ordinary Time 17, Cycle B, for an alternative approach.)

The psalm writer has an interesting perspective on the origin of injustice in our world. He begins this psalm with the assertion that those who do not believe in God are "fools." He goes on to accuse them of corruption and of being incapable of doing good. Later on he writes, "Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon the Lord?" (v. 4).

Elizabeth Achtemeier
"Now it is I who speak in judgment upon them" (v. 12). Ours is a society that does not accept that as the Word of God. Many people do not believe that God judges anyone. Rather, the Lord is a forgiving God, a kindly deity who overlooks all wrong. As in the Gospel lesson for the morning, the Lord searches for the one lost sheep and returns it gently to the fold, or he hunts for the one lost coin until he finds it. God accepts the lost as they are, we think, overlooking Jesus' teaching about repentance and transformation of life.
Scott Suskovic
We usually don't spend too much time thinking about our own sinfulness. On occasion, of course, our feelings of guilt overwhelm us. We can't stop thinking about our sinfulness. If we are in that situation, we may need to talk that out with someone. Apart from times like that, we don't think much about our own sinfulness. We have ways of getting around that.

R. Robert Cueni
Back before the ways of the Taliban became common knowledge, there was a fascinating little article about how they jailed barbers when they didn't do culturally correct haircuts.1 The newspaper reported that young men in Kabul, Afghanistan, have started wearing their hair the way the actor Leonardo DiCaprio wears his. Long, not only on the sides, but so long in the front that hair can drop over the eyes. They call the style, "the Titanic," named for the blockbuster movie starring DiCaprio about the 1912 sinking of the cruise ship by that name.

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