Tag: john-the-baptist

  • Preaching Paths 8 December 2024 Advent 2 Yr C

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary No Gospel writer devotes more attention to the figure of John the Baptist than Luke. Matthew, Mark and John bring John the Baptizer onto the scene abruptly, without preamble. He appears in the wilderness along the Jordan River, preaching the imminent coming of the reign of God…

  • Preaching Paths 14 July 2024 Proper 10B

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Today’s Gospel reading, Mark 6:14-29, opens with a report of various speculations about Jesus’ identity (vv 14-16). The dramatic, skillfully crafted story of the execution of John the Baptist by Herod Antipas functions as “back-story,” explaining Antipas’s belief that Jesus is John the Baptist come back to…