Tag: reign-of-god

  • Preaching Paths 10 August 2025 Proper 14C

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary In today’s Gospel reading, Luke 12:32-40, Jesus continues urging his followers to invest in the coming reign of God, free of material concerns. The text unfolds in three sections. Verses 32-34 warn against being preoccupied with a deluded quest for possessions, imagining that these can offer us…

  • Preaching Paths 17 November 2024 Proper 28B

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Jesus delivers several predictions, a promise, a warning, and an admonition in today’s gospel reading, Mark 13:1-8. Jesus’ predictions point to a double horizon. When an awestruck disciple admires the temple’s “great stones,” Jesus predicts the temple’s destruction (v. 2). At v 4, the scene shifts to…