Lectionary Homily for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost [2021]

Corey J. Mahler – Confident.Faith · Oct 15, 2021

Amos 5:6–7, 10–15 Psalm 90:12–17 Hebrews 3:12–19 Mark 10:17–22 Perhaps I am not prudent. On who is prudent shows a great deal of care and thought for the future. As our Old Testament reading states: Those who are prudent will often hold their tongues in an evil age — the implication that speaking the truth may be futile or even harmful (most likely to the speaker). And we are to walk as the wise, not as the foolish. And yet, we must, as Christians, speak the truth. Although the days are evil, to us falls the imprudence of speaking the truth. God is Truth. To deny the Truth is to deny God…