Gospel

The good shepherd discourse, or at least the idea of Jesus as the good shepherd, [...]

Many believers think of Jesus’ ascension like an excuse for Jesus’ absence: because he ascended, [...]

Like the good shepherd of last week’s text, this week’s image of the vine is [...]

Now we have a shift from the vine of last week’s text to love. The [...]

This week’s text is the middle of Jesus’ prayer for his friends, which brings to [...]

The temptation when preaching Pentecost is to make the sermon [...]

It’s happening “again.” This time Jesus is coming home. Our instincts and associations of home [...]

The opening line of Mark’s gospel announces its theme about as directly as it gets: [...]

“On that day.” The phrase is so brief the reader could almost ignore it. Actually, [...]