Date Readings Verses 01-May Mark 14:53-72 20 02-May Mark 15:1-21 21 03-May Mark 15:22-41 20 04-May Mark 15:42-16:8 14 05-May Mark 16:9-20 12 06-May Judges 1:1-2:5 41 07-May Judges 2:6-3:6 24 08-May Judges 3:7-31 25 09-May Judges 4 24 10-May Judges 5 31 11-May Judges 6 40 12-May Judges 7:1-23 23 13-May Judges 7:24-8:35 37 …
Monthly Archives: April 2025
April 30 / Mark 14:26-52
Mark 14:26-52 Dear RTB’ers, For the past three weeks at Avanza we have focused on Holy Week. On the 15th we watched videos covering Gethsemane and the betrayal and Jesus’ arrest (today’s RTB reading), then His trial and Crucifixion. On the 22nd we saw the Resurrection video and Jesus’ appearances to hundreds of His followers. …
April 29 / Mark 14:1-25
Mark 14:1-25 Dear RTB’ers, And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest Him by stealth and kill Him, for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.” (vv. 1b-2) All three Synoptic gospels report these verses, in almost identical fashion. The more detailed “passover plot” …
April 28 / Mark 13:24-37
Mark 13:24-37 Dear RTB’ers, Jesus will not leave any doubt as to His return: …the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken, And then they will see the Son of Man coming in …
April 27 / Mark 13:1-23
Mark 13:1-23 Dear RTB’ers, The End Times… Believers from Jesus’ Ascension forward have read the signs of the times and predicted that the End Times were here or near. Read Paul’s earliest epistles, especially his Thessalonian letters and you will see Jesus’ Return in his words and in his audience questions. Consider even today: And …
April 26 / Mark 12:28-44
Mark 12:28-44 Dear RTB’ers, Three story items from our short reading today and I could comment long on any one of them. But for your sakes, I’ll make them short. First, the greatest commandment: Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your …
April 25 / Mark 12:1-27
Mark 12:1-27 Dear RTB’ers, An STS note tells us that the Lord was using Isaiah 5:1-7 as backdrop for this parable. You might want to go to Isaiah and read that short section. {Copying John: “Go ahead, I’ll wait.”) So as Jesus began this parable, especially the first two verses, he clearly has his audience …
April 24 / Mark 11:20-33
Mark 11:20-33 Dear RTB’ers, Yesterday I asked questions about Jesus cleansing the Temple and cursing the fig tree. And I probably showed a bit of sympathy with the Jewish leaders as I reflected their thinking: “They wonder, who is this guy??!! What right does He have to do these things?” And today, at least for …
April 23 / Mark 11:1-19
Mark 11:1-19 Dear RTB’ers, It’s easy for me to say, “God is God and I am not.” I can even fully believe it. I can easily say, “Your will be done.” No problem. I might wonder, but I move on. And when it comes to Jesus, if He said it, I believe it. And if …
April 22 / Mark 10:32-52
Mark 10:32-52 Dear RTB’ers, And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them … and those who followed were afraid. (v. 32a) Two days ago I highlighted the first verse from this chapter as the turning point in Jesus’ life. Today we see that played out – Jesus …