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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...
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R. T. Tippett
- Feb 10, 2022
- 7 min
Philippians 2:5-11 - This is important to understand
Please, browse the many free commentaries available on https://www.katrinapearls.com/blog [5] Let the same mind be in you that was in...
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R. T. Tippett
- Feb 10, 2022
- 4 min
Psalm 31:9-16 - Begging for mercy when you don't really think you need it
Please, browse the many free commentaries available on https://www.katrinapearls.com/blog 9 Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in...
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R. T. Tippett
- Feb 10, 2022
- 7 min
Isaiah 50:4-9a - A Passion prerequisite that requires a Teacher of Yahweh to explain
Please, browse the many free commentaries available on https://www.katrinapearls.com/blog [4] adonay Yahweh has given me the tongue of a...
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R. T. Tippett
- Feb 9, 2022
- 5 min
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 - A round stone and flesh going up in smoke
Please, browse the many free commentaries available on https://www.katrinapearls.com/blog 1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; * his...
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R. T. Tippett
- Mar 13, 2021
- 9 min
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 - Singing praise as a living temple whose cornerstone is the Holy Spirit
Please, browse the many free commentaries available on https://www.katrinapearls.com/blog 1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; *...
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Bus Stop Bob
- Mar 8, 2021
- 15 min
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...
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R. T. Tippett
- Mar 7, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 14 min
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, 2021
- 16 min
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, 2021
- 10 min
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, 2021
- 15 min
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, 2021
- 9 min
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, 2021
- 15 min
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, 2021
- 20 min
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, 2021
- 15 min
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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Bus Stop Bob
- Feb 24, 2021
- 15 min
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...
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R. T. Tippett
- Feb 24, 2021
- 5 min
Psalm 19:1-14 - Sacrifice for the love of God
1 The heavens declare the glory of God, * and the firmament shows his handiwork. 2 One day tells its tale to another, * and one night...
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R. T. Tippett
- Feb 23, 2021
- 18 min
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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