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18th May 2025, 5th Sunday of Easter
St John 13:31-35 Love one another 13:31When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. 13:32 If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. 13:33 Little children, I am with…
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Preaching Paths 18 May 2025 Eastertide 5C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Today’s brief gospel text, John 13:31-35, sends us back—well into Eastertide!—to pre-crucifixion words of Jesus. These verses speak of his crucifixion as “glorification.” Then, in words both simple and profound, Jesus presents our post-resurrection task: to love through action, as he has loved us. Preachers will need…
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Preaching Paths 11 May 2025 Eastertide 4C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary The language of today’s text, John 10:22-30, is relatively uncomplicated, yet it places before us not only several bracing, positive themes, but also long-standing, divisive theological issues. Preachers will need to decide which of several messages their particular listeners most need to hear. Two issues embedded in…
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Preaching Paths 4 May 2025 Eastertide 3 Yr C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary John 21 is considered by some scholars to be a late addition to John’s gospel. The final verses of ch 20 seem to constitute a summative ending to the narrative; yet, some suggest that ch 21 is a deliberate epilogue of a kind not uncommon in ancient…
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27th April 2025, 2nd Sunday of Easter
St John 20:19-31 Beholding the wounds of the risen Christ 20:19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20:20 After he said this,…
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Preaching Paths 27 April 2025 Eastertide 2 Yr C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary The Gospel text before us today, John 20:19-31, is regarded by many scholars as the original ending of the Gospel of John.* In v 31, the writer states the purpose of his book: that those who read or hear it “may believe that Jesus is the Messiah,…
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Easter Sunday, 13th April 2025
St John 20: 1-18 [1]Τῇ δὲ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ ἔρχεται πρωῒ σκοτίας ἔτι οὔσης εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον, καὶ βλέπει τὸν λίθον ἠρμένον ἐκ τοῦ μνημείου. [2]τρέχει οὖν καὶ ἔρχεται πρὸς Σίμωνα Πέτρον καὶ πρὸς τὸν ἄλλον μαθητὴν ὃν ἐφίλει ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· ἦραν τὸν Κύριον ἐκ τοῦ μνημείου, καὶ οὐκ…
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Preaching Paths 20 April 2025 Easter Day Year C John 20:1-18*
Sally A Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Each of the four gospels describes events that take place at Jesus’ tomb early on the first day of the week following Jesus’ crucifixion. All are different; yet, on two points they agree: the tomb was found open, and Mary Magdalene was there. One may disagree with…
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13th April 2025, Liturgy of the Palms
Luke 19:28-40 Entrance into the final days 19:28After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 19:29When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, 19:30saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it…
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Preaching Paths 13 April 2025
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary A careful, thoughtful public reading of the gospel text on Palm Sunday this year (Luke 19:28-40) may warrant a brief introduction. We can alert listeners that Luke’s presentation of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem omits details found in the other gospels. They will hear no mention of…
Insights into Biblical Greek Grammar and Syntax 