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Sunday,12th & 5th October 2025
12th October 2025, 18th Sunday after Pentecost Luke 17:11-19 The healed leper gives thanks to Jesus 17:11 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. 17:12 As he entered a village, ten with a skin disease approached him. Keeping their distance, 17:13 they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master,…
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Preaching Paths 28 September 2025 Proper 21C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Some parables are challenging to preach because their meaning is so elusive. Others, like the one before us today (Luke 16:19-31), are challenging because their meaning is all too bluntly obvious. Unique to Luke, this parable contrasts a lavishly wealthy man and Lazarus, the diseased beggar who…
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Preaching Paths 21 September 2025 Proper 15C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Preachers and scholars agree: the parable of the “dishonest manager” (Luke 16:1-13) is arguably the most difficult of Jesus’ parables to interpret. Consternation centers on vv 8-9. In v 8a, the master commends the cleverness of the “dishonest” account manager he intended to dismiss. In v 8b,…
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Preaching Paths 14 September 2025 Proper 19C
Sally A Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Context matters for rightly interpreting the first two of Jesus’ three parables of God’s persistent seeking of that which is lost (Luke 10:1-15). Jesus is responding to grumbling Pharisees and scribes who criticize his habit of dining with the tax collectors and “sinners” who follow and listen…
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Preaching Paths 7 September 2025 Proper 18C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary In today’s text, Lk 14:25-33, Jesus turns to address the throngs who trail after him on his journey to Jerusalem. His strong language is a test of their loyalty and ours. “No one who does not hate [every family member] is not able to be my disciple!”…
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Preaching Paths 31 August 2025 Proper 17C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Preaching well from this week’s gospel reading (Luke 14: 1, 7-14) requires preachers to stay alert to the specific social customs and circumstances that provoke Jesus’ teaching on this occasion. More than any other gospel, Luke presents Jesus’ ministry as filled with table scenes and table-related teachings.…
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Preaching Paths, 24 August 2025, Proper 16C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Jesus’ healing of a bent-over woman at the synagogue on a Sabbath day is the subject of today’s dramatic Gospel text, Luke 13:10-17. Bent nearly double “by a spirit” for eighteen years, this woman’s field of vision is little more than the ground at her feet. She…
Insights into Biblical Greek Grammar and Syntax 