The Gate of Discipleship
May 25, 2025
6th Sunday of Easter
John 5:1-9
Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon
(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
1 I Gordon, “The Meaning of the Gates of Jerusalem: Gates of Spiritual Progression,”
Nehemiah Chapter 3 Bible Study – Gates of Jerusalem, website: Jesus Plus Nothing, Accessed
05/24/2025: https://jesusplusnothing.com/series/post/nehem3
2 Francis J. Moloney, “John 5:1-18,” Sacra Pagina: The Gospel of John, edited by Daniel J.
Harrington, The Liturgical Press (Collegeville, MN: 1998), p. 166-173.
3 The Most Rev. Sean Rowe, “Letter from Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe on Episcopal Migration
Ministries,” The Office of Public Affairs of The Episcopal Church, May 12, 2025. Accessed
05/24/2025: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/publicaffairs/letter-from-presiding-bishop-
sean-rowe-on-episcopal-migration-ministries/
jodygreenwood 
Wonderful sermon! I am reminded, as a black female, of the past, when white Europeans were invited to emigrate to America just as slavery ended. They didn’t want jobs to go to former slaves and their descendants. How did we get back here, and how do we find our way back to the democratic principles that Jesus calls for: love your neighbor as yourself.