Tag: good-shepherd

  • 26th April 2026, 4th Sunday of Easter

    John 10:1-1010:1 Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. 10:2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 10:3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear…

  • Preaching Paths 21 April 2024 Easter 4B

    Sally A. Brown,  Professor Emerita,  Princeton Theological Seminary Today’s lection, John 10:11-16, presents metaphors familiar to many since childhood. Jesus identifies himself as “the gate” of the sheepfold and the “good shepherd” of the sheep. Most of us have heard (or preached!)  feel-good sermons that romanticize this text as a pastoral “love song” of the…