Matthew 11:25-12:21 Dear RTB’ers, Today, two Sabbath issues – the disciples plucking grain and Jesus healing. In both cases Jesus answers His critics, in the first with citations from the Old Testament and in the second with a common sense response. It is interesting to me that Jesus did not quote Scripture in the second …
Monthly Archives: February 2026
February 2 / Matthew 11:1-24
Matthew 11:1-24 Dear RTB’ers, Matthew spends 19 of our 24 verses today with Jesus relating to John the Baptist. I often wonder how much interaction those two cousins had with each other while they were growing up. Very likely they met regularly when they were younger when their families went to Jerusalem for regularly-scheduled (triannual) …
February 1 / Matthew 10:24-42
Matthew 10:24-42 Dear RTB’ers, It’s February! Already…? I’m thankful to say goodbye to January. We’ve been in one of the worst cold, snow conditions that I can remember in the past many years. Praying for a better February and an early Spring!! Anxiety. It’s not only in the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus talks …