Homily for the first Sunday in Lent (Year C) – Tested for readiness
Please, browse the many free commentaries available on https://www.katrinapearls.com/blog Good morning bus riders! This past Wednesday we...
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R. T. Tippett
Jan 15, 202218 min read
Luke 4:1-13 - The test of Satan
Please, browse the many free commentaries available on https://www.katrinapearls.com/blog After his baptism, Jesus, full of the Holy...
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R. T. Tippett
Jan 14, 202211 min read
Romans 10:8b-13 - Please do not mistake faith for belief
Please, browse the many free commentaries available on https://www.katrinapearls.com/blog [8b] "The word is near you, on your lips and in...
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R. T. Tippett
Jan 13, 202211 min read
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 - Confidently taking the test in the wilderness
Please, browse the many free commentaries available on https://www.katrinapearls.com/blog 1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most...
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R. T. Tippett
Jan 12, 20229 min read
Deuteronomy 26:1-11 - Congratulations on your first fruits
Please, browse the many free commentaries available on https://www.katrinapearls.com/blog [1] When you have come into the land that...
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R. T. Tippett
Mar 7, 20216 min read
Psalm 119:9-16 - Sacrificing a whole heart to seek God
9 How shall a young man cleanse his way? * By keeping to your words. 10 With my whole heart I seek you; * let me not stray from your...
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R. T. Tippett
Mar 6, 20217 min read
Psalm 51:1-13 - Sacrificing oneself in marriage to Yahweh
1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving-kindness; * in your great compassion blot out my offenses. 2 Wash me through and...
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R. T. Tippett
Mar 5, 202114 min read
John 12:20-33 - Sacrificing from hatred of life in this world to gain eternal life
Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said...
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R. T. Tippett
Mar 5, 202116 min read
Hebrews 5:5-10 - Sacrificing to become a high priest in the order of Melchizedek
Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was appointed by the one who said to him, “You are my Son, today I have...
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R. T. Tippett
Mar 3, 202110 min read
Jeremiah 31:31-34 - Sacrificing so a soul can know the Lord
The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not...
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Bus Stop Bob
Mar 2, 202115 min read
Homily for the fourth Sunday in Lent – For God so loved your soul
Last Sunday here at the bus stop I told the riders that I had seen all the readings with new eyes. I saw things appear from the text that...
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R. T. Tippett
Mar 1, 20219 min read
Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 - Sacrificing foolishness for God's mercy
1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, * and his mercy endures for ever. 2 Let all those whom the Lord has redeemed proclaim * that...
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R. T. Tippett
Feb 28, 202115 min read
John 3:14-21 - Sacrifice so one will not perish but have eternal life
Jesus said, “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may...
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R. T. Tippett
Feb 27, 202120 min read
Ephesians 2:1-10 – Sacrificing as the works of art made by the hand of God
You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the...
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R. T. Tippett
Feb 26, 202115 min read
Numbers 21:4-9 - Seeing your own soul hanging dead on a pole
From Mount Hor the Israelites set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the...
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R. T. Tippett
Feb 23, 202118 min read
John 2:13-22 – Sacrificing one's zeal for material things
The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and...
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R. T. Tippett
Feb 19, 20218 min read
Psalm 22:22-30 - A descendant of salvation's song of praise
22 Praise the Lord, you that fear him; * stand in awe of him, O offspring of Israel; all you of Jacob's line, give glory. 23 For he does...
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R. T. Tippett
Feb 18, 202119 min read
Mark 8:31-38 - Being taught to become a Son of man
Jesus began to teach his disciples that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests,...
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R. T. Tippett
Feb 17, 20218 min read
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 - A covenant to walk in love forevermore
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless....
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Bus Stop Bob
Feb 15, 202115 min read
Homily for the first Sunday in Lent - Understanding baptism
On this first Sunday in the season of self-sacrifice called Lent we read of the covenant between God and Noah, which is the promise to...
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