Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Jul Amos 1-2 31 02-Jul Amos 3-4 28 03-Jul Amos 5-6 41 04-Jul Amos 7:1-8:3 20 05-Jul Amos 8:4-9:15 25 06-Jul Hosea 1,3 16 07-Jul Hosea 2 23 08-Jul Hosea 4:1-5:14 33 09-Jul Hosea 5:15-8:14 42 10-Jul Hosea 9-10 32 11-Jul Hosea 11-12 26 12-Jul Hosea 13-14 25 13-Jul Psalms 13-14 13 …
Monthly Archives: June 2024
June 30 / Acts 1-28
Acts 1-28 Dear RTB’ers, No additional reading for today, just time for a bit of reflection. Today we finish the sixth month in our three-year journey through the Bible. Thus far we have read through Genesis, half of Exodus, Luke and Acts and have touched lightly on the Psalms. We’ve averaged just over 24 verses …
June 29 / Acts 28:17-31
Acts 28:17-31 Dear RTB’ers, Paul in Rome. So today we finish the Book of Acts. What a wonderful journey it has been with Paul’s traveling, preaching, and teaching. But we’re not through with Paul just yet; we’ve got thirteen of his Epistles to read over the next two-and-one-half years. We’ve got Paul in Rome now, …
June 28 / Acts 28:1-16
Acts 28:1-16 Dear RTB’ers, Paul on Malta and continuing on his way to Rome. When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand … He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. …
June 27 / Acts 27:21-44
Acts 27:21-44 Dear RTB’ers, Paul shipwrecked on his way to Rome. I’m not a sailor, but Luke’s detail on the sails, the anchors, and the rudders is intriguing. He was there and he wrote down specifically what he was seeing. In some sense that all makes it come alive more than other passages that I …
June 26 / Acts 27:1-20
Acts 27:1-20 Dear RTB’ers, Paul on his way to Rome. Luke is back to his “we” and “us” writings. It’s intriguing to have this first-hand account of Paul’s ministry. As we begin the trip to Rome in today’s reading, I recall my first time reading through Acts and feeling like I was on board ship …
June 25 / Acts 26:19-32
Acts 26:19-32 Dear RTB’ers, Paul before King Agrippa and Bernice in Caesarea. Four verses stood out for me today. First, “…that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.” (v. 20b) In our world today there are discussions about salvation by grace alone vs. working one’s way to heaven. And often imbedded …
June 24 / Acts 26:1-18
Acts 26:1-18 Dear RTB’ers, Paul before King Agrippa and Bernice in Caesarea. Carol and I are on family vacation in Tennessee this week, so I’m a bit out of my element – and not nearly such an early riser when on vacation!! It’s interesting that Paul makes his claim to be a Pharisee, because King …
June 23 / Acts 25:13-27
Acts 25:13-27 Dear RTB’ers, Paul before Festus in Caesarea. Festus and Felix… Dramatic differences in these two leaders. In more than two years Felix did nothing with Paul, his prisoner, except to please the Jewish people by keeping him confined, all the while hoping for a bribe from him. Felix is called back to Rome …
June 22 / Acts 24:22-25:12
Acts 24:22-25:12 Dear RTB’ers, Paul before Felix and Festus in Caesarea. …wishing to do the Jews a favor… (twice, Acts 24:27, 25:8). The Roman governor of Judea and Samaria needed the support of the leading Jews in order to maintain peace in the region. This is not the first time that we have seen this …