Tag: christology

  • Preaching Paths 18 January 2026 Second Sunday after the Epiphany Yr A

    Sally A Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Today’s gospel reading, John 1:29-42, is part of the “bridge” that connects the opening prologue of the gospel (1:1-18) to the Book of “Signs” (miraculous acts), and accompanying discourses, that comprise much of this gospel. After clarifying in 1:19-28 that he himself is not the Messiah, John…

  • Preaching Paths 28 January 2024

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary In today’s text (Mk 1:20-28), we find Jesus in Galilee where he has been proclaiming that the eschatological clock has advanced (“the time is fulfilled”) and the hour of confrontation with unholy powers, spiritual and earthly, has come (“the reign of God has come near”).  Now, a…