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Ashes to ashes, smudge to smudge. Going from Jesus washing feet (and telling his disciples to do the same for each other) to hired hands making souls for death. In Matthew 4:1-2, we are told: "Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry." In Luke 4:1-2 we similarly read: "Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty
black sheep
Mar 10, 20224 min read
Philippians 2:5-11 - This is important to understand
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R. T. Tippett
Feb 10, 20227 min read
Psalm 31:9-16 - Begging for mercy when you don't really think you need it
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R. T. Tippett
Feb 10, 20224 min read
Isaiah 50:4-9a - A Passion prerequisite that requires a Teacher of Yahweh to explain
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R. T. Tippett
Feb 10, 20227 min read
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 - A round stone and flesh going up in smoke
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R. T. Tippett
Feb 9, 20225 min read
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 - Singing praise as a living temple whose cornerstone is the Holy Spirit
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R. T. Tippett
Mar 13, 20219 min read
Homily for the fifth Sunday in Lent – Understanding Lent is about desired sacrifice
This is the last official Sunday that is designated by an ordinal number “in Lent.” None of the past four Sundays, nor this one, counts as a day in that numbering of forty days of sacrifice, according to the Catholic Church [ USCB Liturgical Seasons ]. Sundays are like “off days” or "time outs," as far as counting sacrificial days in the wilderness is concerned. Next Sunday will be called Palm Sunday, or Passion Sunday, which is another day not counted in the numbering of fo
Bus Stop Bob
Mar 8, 202115 min read
Psalm 119:9-16 - Sacrificing a whole heart to seek God
9 How shall a young man cleanse his way? *
R. T. Tippett
Mar 7, 20216 min read
Psalm 51:1-13 - Sacrificing oneself in marriage to Yahweh
1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving-kindness; *
R. T. Tippett
Mar 6, 20217 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 to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Those wh
R. T. Tippett
Mar 5, 202114 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,
R. T. Tippett
Mar 5, 202116 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 be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it
R. T. Tippett
Mar 3, 202110 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 I had not seen before. I said I was blown away by those revelations. Today, I have to say the same thing … again. Today’s reading from Numbers, about Moses making a bronze serpent and raising it on a pole, I had always read that and my mind went to the Caduceus or the Rod of Asclepius [the symbols for medicine and healing]. Just by thinking
Bus Stop Bob
Mar 2, 202116 min read
Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 - Sacrificing foolishness for God's mercy
1 Give thanks to the Lord , for he is good, *
R. T. Tippett
Mar 1, 20219 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 have eternal life.
R. T. Tippett
Feb 28, 202115 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 power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else. But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead
R. T. Tippett
Feb 27, 202121 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 way. The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food.” Then the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, “We have
R. T. Tippett
Feb 26, 202115 min read
Homily for the third Sunday in Lent - Zeal for your house will consume me
In September 2001 my life changed. It happened soon after the events of September 11th but it was not those tragic events that changed my life. It was from those tragic events that shook the world that I wandered into God’s arms. For nearly twenty years now, I have kept wandering with God … and, to tell the truth, I have been loving every minute of that experience. My life, most certainly, has had its ups and downs, but my faith has grown constantly. I just dawned on me, afte
Bus Stop Bob
Feb 24, 202115 min read
Psalm 19:1-14 - Sacrifice for the love of God
1 The heavens declare the glory of God, *
R. T. Tippett
Feb 24, 20215 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 the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” His dis
R. T. Tippett
Feb 23, 202119 min read
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