Tag: gospel-of-john

  • Sunday,31st May;Pentecost Sunday, 24th May, & 17th May 2026, Easter 7

    Sunday, 31st May 2026 St Paul, 2 Cor. 13: 11-13 13:11 Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. 13:12 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.…

  • Preaching Paths 10 May 2026

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Today’s reading, John 14:15-21, is a continuation of Jesus’ parting words to his followers. Much of the vocabulary is familiar from previous verses. Yet, this section presents a significant new element: a dynamic of mutual and multidirectional love connecting Jesus, the Father, and Jesus’ followers. This current…

  • 10th May 2026, Easter 6 & 3rd May 2026, Easter 5

    Sunday, 10th May 2026, Easter 6 John 14: 15-21 Christ our advocate 14:15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. 14:17 This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it…

  • Preaching Paths 3 May 2026

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary John 14 belongs to the collection of sayings of Jesus known as the “Farewell Discourses” (John 13-17). In Eastertide, today’s text (Jn 14:1-14) speaks of the new life that believers in the Risen Lord experience. The text should be read in its entirety in worship; yet, given…

  • 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…

  • 12th April 2026, Eastertide 2A

     John 20:19-31 Beholding the wounds of the risen Christ 20:19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20:20 After he said this, he…

  • Sunday, 22nd March 2026,Lent 5 & 15th March 2026, Lent 4

    Sunday, 22nd March 2026, Lent 5 John 11:1-45 The raising of Lazarus 11:1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 11:2 Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. 11:3 So…

  • Preaching Paths 15 March 2026, Lent 4 Year A

    Sally A Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary John 9:1-41 presents Jesus’ encounter with a man born blind. It is a drama in six short scenes. The entire text should be read, but sermons will be more successful if focused on just a few key turns in this drama. Interrogations on the part of the…

  • Preaching Paths  1 March 2026

     Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological  Seminary                   The encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus, a leading Jerusalem Pharisee, is presented as a dialogue—even a sort of interview. Nicodemus’s queries are so brief as to function simply as prompts for sections of Jesus’ discourse, the first of several such discourses in John’s gospel.                   In…

  • 18th January 2026, 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany Yr A

    John 1:29-42 Christ revealed as the Lamb of God 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 1:30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he…