Tag: Fourth Sunday of Easter
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Fourth Sunday of Easter
~ Jubilate ~ Readings: Isaiah 40:25-31 | 1 Peter 2:11-20 | John 16:16-22 Text: John 16:16-22 Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, alleluia! Among the many promises of God, we have our favorites: But there’s another promise which the Lord makes in today’s Gospel. It probably won’t make anyone’s list of favorites, or…
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Fourth Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 4:1-12 | 1 John 3:16-24 | John 10:11-18 Text: John 10:11-18 There are many shepherds in the Bible. It’s a recurring theme, almost like God’s trying to teach us something. We come across the first one very early with Abel “who was a keeper of sheep,” who was also killed by Cain. The…
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Fourth Sunday of Easter (John 10:1-10)
In the Name of + Jesus. Amen. Jesus says, “The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out…they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers” (vv. 1-5). Let’s test…
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Fourth Sunday of Easter (1 Peter 2:11-23)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Fourth Sunday of Easter + May 12, 2019 Text: 1 Peter 2:11-23 Two words describe the Christian: a sojourner and an exile. In the Old Testament, these were freighted terms. The idea of sojourning in a foreign land began with Abraham who was a foreigner in the land of Canaan,…
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Fourth Sunday of Easter (John 10:1-10)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Fourth Sunday of Easter + May 7, 2017 Text: John 10:1-10 Jesus describes Himself as the Good Shepherd in this section of John’s Gospel. Typically, we picture the Shepherd standing in endless green hills, leading His sheep. However, right from the top of this discussion, Jesus describes a sheepfold. The…