I Corinthians 15:1-34 Dear RTB’ers, Today’s reading is about Jesus’ Resurrection and what it means for us. First Paul provides “evidence” for the Resurrection in the form of a list of people to whom Jesus appeared in bodily form, the strongest of which is that …He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one …
Monthly Archives: November 2024
November 10 / I Corinthians 14
I Corinthians 14 Dear RTB’ers, … edification, exhortation, and consolation … (v. 3b) Paul speaks of uplifting activities – just the opposite of divisiveness or quarreling or judgmentalism. He also mentions edification twice more in the next few verses (vv. 4, 5). It’s a lesson we could all take when discussing church matters, whether in …
November 9 / I Corinthians 13
I Corinthians 13 Dear RTB’ers, I think that I am not very loving. I am cheerful and friendly and helpful and responsible and a lot of other good things, but I’m not sure that I am very loving. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. …
November 8 / I Corinthians 12
I Corinthians 12 Dear RTB’ers, But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as He chose. (v. 18) When I take time to reflect, I am in awe of the human body. Paul spoke of the eye, the ear, the nose, the hand, the feet, and even the …
November 7 / I Corinthians 11:2-34
I Corinthians 11:2-34 Dear RTB’ers, When pondering about our readings and praying about what I might say, I often go back to what I have written in the past, both to get ideas and to not repeat myself. Today, however, I need to repeat myself – verses 23-26 strike me every time I read them, …
November 6 / I Corinthians 10:1-11:1
I Corinthians 10:1-11:1 Dear RTB’ers, Today, distracted again with the results from yesterday’s election – the Presidency, the Senate, the House – and my own students’ results from their exam yesterday. Distracted. One item pops out for me in today’ readings – imitation. Paul summarizes it in today’s last verse, Be imitators of me, as …
November 5 / I Corinthians 8-9
I Corinthians 8-9 Dear RTB’ers, During my years as Treasurer at St. Andrew’s I was able to see first-hand where our parishioners’ contributions went. And a very large chunk of our parish income went as Paul directed: In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by …
November 4 / I Corinthians 7
I Corinthians 7 Dear RTB’ers, Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. (v. 17) Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called. (v. 20) So brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with …
November 3 / I Corinthians 5-6
I Corinthians 5-6 Dear RTB’ers, Two thoughts today. First, one from my Catholic childhood, a sentence offering advice on moral behavior, containing a few phrases and ending with “and to avoid the near occasions of sin”. Yeah, the “near occasions of sin”. I think Paul is talking about those “near occasions of sin” in both …
November 2 / I Corinthians 3-4
I Corinthians 3-4 Dear RTB’ers, Forty verses is a lot of material when we are reading Paul’s epistles! What to cover, what’s important? Mostly, as John has done with Proverbs and with the entire Bible last year, we tend to post on whatever hits us. But that leaves a lot of good material behind. Today…, …