Tag: miracle

  • Preaching Paths 9 February 2025

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Luke 5:1-11 describes what happened the day that Simon Peter, James, and John—the three disciples who became, ultimately, Jesus’ closest associates—left the fishing business to follow Jesus. Here again, Luke’s account differs from the accounts of both Matthew and Mark. For preachers, the most striking difference is…

  • 9th February 2025, 5th Sunday after the Epiphany

    St Luke 5: 1-11 Luke 5:1-11 Jesus calls the disciples to fish for people 5:1Once while Jesus was standing beside the Lake of Gennesaret and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, 5:2he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gotten out of…

  • Proper 25 (30), 27th October 2024

    Mark 10:46-52 Christ heals blind Bartimaeus 10:46They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 10:47When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have…

  • Preaching Paths 30 June 2024 Proper 8B

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary In Mark 5:21-43, Mark deliberately embeds one striking healing event inside another. The dramatic tension unfolding in each story is generated by their interplay. They need to be preached together. The supplicants in these interwoven stories could not be more different. Jairus, who seeks healing for his…

  • Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, 4th February 2024

    Mark 1:29-391:29 As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 1:30 Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. 1:31 He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the fever…