Tag: parable-of-foolish-virgins

Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Attention to literary and historical context will be essential as the preacher moves from text to pulpit this week. The parable of the wise and foolish bridesmaids (or “virgins”) and their oil lamps (Mt 25:1-13) is the second of four parables in Matthew’s “Eschatological Discourse” (Mt 24:1-25:46).…