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29th June 2025, Proper 8 (13)C
St Luke 9:51-62 Jesus says, Follow me 9:51 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 9:52 And he sent messengers ahead of him. On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to prepare for his arrival, 9:53 but they did not…
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22nd June 2025, Year C, Proper 7 (12)
St Luke 8:26-39 Jesus casts out demons 8:26 Then they arrived at the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 8:27 As he stepped out on shore, a man from the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had not worn any clothes, and he did not live in a…
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Preaching Paths 22 June 2025 Proper 7C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary In Luke, Jesus travels into Gentile territory just once and liberates a man in the grip of a multitude of demonic spirits (Luke 8:26-39). Behavioral manifestations such as Luke describes still occur today; but now, they are recognized symptoms of certain types of brain inflammation. In Jesus’…
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Trinity Sunday, First Sunday after Pentecost, 15th June 2025
St John 16: 12-15 The Spirit will guide you into the truth 16:12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 16:13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever…
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Preaching Paths 15 June 2025 Trinity Sunday, Year C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Today’s brief gospel reading, John 16:12-15, powerfully conveys to the Church the promise that fuels its witness: today, as from the beginning, the Father and Son continue to accompany, teach, and lead Jesus’ followers through the Holy Spirit. Preaching preparation can include reviewing chs 14-16. The Father…
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Preaching Paths 8 June 2025, Pentecost Sunday Yr C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Acts 2:1-21 is just one of the possible readings on Pentecost, but it is offered in all three years of the lectionary cycle. After ten, twenty, or thirty Pentecosts, a preacher may be restless for new material. It’s tempting to set Acts 2 aside; we know that…
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Day of Pentecost, 8th June 2025
Acts 2:1-21 Filled with the Spirit 2:1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2:2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 2:3 Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among…
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Preaching Paths 1 June 2024 Eastertide 7C
[I apologize for the omission of the expected homiletical commentary for this date, a section of the “High Priestly” intercession of Jesus, John 17:20-26.—Sally A. Brown]
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Preaching Paths (S. Brown) & Grammar (Y. Petropoulos), 25 May 2025 Eastertide 6C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary This week’s lection, John 14:23-29, is again taken from Jesus’ “Farewell Discourse,” in which he prepares his disciples for his imminent departure. Jesus speaks of three promises, or divine gifts, each as crucial for sustaining faith in our day as they were for the disciples. First, Jesus…
Insights into Biblical Greek Grammar and Syntax 