Sermons on John 10:1-10
Sermon for Fourth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. This Sunday, you might often hear it referred to as Good Shepherd Sunday, and I think it’s interesting that in our gospel text, we really don’t even get to the verses that talk about the Good Shepherd himself. But to follow the…
The Shepherd Always Leads
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for Good Shepherd Sunday is from the Gospel reading, but we will also refer to the Epistle reading. You know, there’s some really good folks out there in this world. They’re very moral.…
The Voice of the Shepherd
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen! Hallelujah! We continue to celebrate the glorious resurrection of our Lord Jesus. Today, on this fourth Sunday after Easter, or of Easter, typically always the Scripture readings center around a theme that is referred to often as the Good Shepherd Sunday. The Scripture readings, the hymns, all of it comes together. And what an…
The Real Shepherd
It is only with the greatest trepidation and humility that any preacher should approach a gospel text that speaks of shepherds, whether good or bad. For when Holy Scripture speaks of bad shepherds, it takes to task those who were called to lead God’s people in faithful obedience, but who fell down on the job and chose their own selfish paths. Bring up those sorts of bad…
