Tag: Sadducees

  • Maybe We’ll Get There — Proper 27C

    Maybe We’ll Get There — Proper 27C

    This week’s gospel throws us into the middle of an inquisition and we need to remember that it is Jesus we’re following, not the rhetoric.

  • Between Proper 24 + 25 (Year A)

    Between Proper 24 + 25 (Year A)

    This week, the lectionary skips over the confrontation with the Sadducees over Levirate Marriage. Another attempt to trap and discredit Jesus.

  • So many husbands (Proper 27C)

    So many husbands (Proper 27C)

    The famous question from the Sadducees to Jesus about the resurrection is particularly haunting to modern Christians.

  • Jesus and the Dishonest Questioners

    Jesus and the Dishonest Questioners

    When Jesus is confronted in Jerusalem by the Sadducees, they ask a convoluted question about the afterlife. So Jesus changes the conversation.

  • In the Wilds

    a homily for Advent 2A Text: Matthew 3:1-12 In the wilderness, a hero As our story begins, it says John “appeared in the wilderness.” Other verbs would convey motion: John walked, wandered, or made his way. Our verb “appeared” lacks motion: he was not—then he was. John appeared, like an apparition, it seems from nothing.…