Tag: st-johns-gospel

  • Preaching Paths 18 May 2025 Eastertide 5C

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Today’s brief gospel text, John 13:31-35, sends us back—well into Eastertide!—to pre-crucifixion words of Jesus. These verses speak of his crucifixion as “glorification.” Then, in words both simple and profound, Jesus presents our post-resurrection task: to love through action, as he has loved us. Preachers will need…

  • Proper 29 (34), 24th November 2024

    John 18:33-37 The kingdom of Christ 18:33Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 18:34Jesus answered, “Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?” 18:35Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief…

  • Fourth Sunday in Lent,10th March 2024

    John 3:14-213:14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 3:15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish…

  • Preaching Paths 3 March 2024 (Lent 3B)

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary The violence of Jesus’ clearing of the Temple courtyard in today’s lection (John 2:13-22) can lure an unwary preacher into presenting a sermon with an anti-Semitic slant. It is crucial for preachers to make clear that John is a Jewish gospel. Jesus is a Jewish teacher and…

  • Third Sunday in Lent, 3rd March, 2024

    John 2:13-222:13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2:14 In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. 2:15 Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the…