Tag: the-good-shepherd

  • Preaching Paths 28 April 2024 Easter 5B

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary The metaphor of the vine, its gardener,  and its branches is a familiar one (John 15:1-8).  Jesus clearly alludes to OT passages that envision Israel as God’s vine (sometimes lamentably fruitless). The text opens with the last of the “I am” statements (with predicate nominative) in John,…

  • Fourth Sunday of Easter, 21st April 2024

    John 10:11-1810:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 10:12 The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away–and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 10:13 The hired hand runs…