Bus Stop BobAug 13, 202216 min readHomily for the eighth Sunday after Pentecost Year C – Avoiding Self-DestructionGood morning bus riders! Welcome to the eighth Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Proper thirteen. To sound like a Top 40 song played...
R. T. TippettAug 11, 202213 min readLuke 12:13-21 - The parable of the Rich FoolSomeone in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me." But he said to him, "Friend, who...
R. T. TippettAug 10, 20228 min readColossians 3:1-11 - The condition for becoming a Christ of GodIf you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on...
R. T. TippettAug 9, 20227 min readPsalm 49:1-11 - The wise die and the dull and stupid perish1 Hear this, all you peoples; hearken, all you who dwell in the world, * [2] you of high degree and low, rich and poor together. 2 [3] My...
R. T. TippettAug 9, 20228 min readEcclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 - Still worshipping lady wisdom?Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. I, the Teacher, when king over Israel in Jerusalem, applied my...
R. T. TippettAug 8, 20225 min readPsalm 107:1-9, 43 - The path to redemption1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, * and his mercy endures forever. 2 Let all those whom Yahweh has redeemed proclaim * that he...
R. T. TippettAug 7, 20228 min readHosea 11:1-11 - The perpetuity of Sodom and Gomorrah [1] When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. [2] The more I called them, the more they went from me; they...