Luke 22:1-13 Dear RTB’ers, Satan entered into Judas… (Luke 22:3). Luke is the only synoptic gospel writer who makes this point. I typically think of Luke as an historian, not a theologian. But here he is making a statement none of the others are making. John makes the same point in John 13:27, at the …
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April 3 / Luke 21:25-38
Luke 21:25-38 Dear RTB’ers, Now during the day He was teaching in the temple, but at evening He would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet. And all the people would get up very early in the morning to come to Him in the temple to listen to Him. …
April 2 / Luke 21:5-24
Luke 21:5-24 Dear RTB’ers, It seems in today’s reading that the Pharisees, scribes and Sadducees are no longer troubling Jesus, but that He is speaking to a smaller group of His followers. As they praise the Temple building, He warns them of the future destruction, nearly four decades later. I’ve gone back and forth on …
April 1 / Luke 20:27-21:4
Luke 20:27-21:4 Dear RTB’ers, It’s always nice to connect the New Testament with the Old Testament. We get an opportunity to do that today, with the Sadducees asking Jesus about the resurrection (trying to trip him up, actually). Their question of seven brothers all dying and all having the same one wife calls to mind …
April 2024 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Apr Luke 20:27-21:4 25 02-Apr Luke 21:5-24 20 03-Apr Luke 21:25-38 14 04-Apr Luke 22:1-13 13 05-Apr Luke 22:14-30 17 06-Apr Luke 22:31-46 16 07-Apr Luke 22:47-62 16 08-Apr Luke 22:63-23:12 21 09-Apr Luke 23:13-31 19 10-Apr Luke 23:32-43 12 11-Apr Luke 23:44-56 13 12-Apr Luke 24:1-12 12 13-Apr Luke 24:13-35 23 …
March 31 / Luke 19:47-20:26
Luke 19:47-20:26 Dear RTB’ers, The Lord is risen! He is risen, indeed! Hallelujah!! The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy Him, but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on His words. Luke 19:47b-48 The scribes and the …
March 30 / Luke 19:29-46
Luke 19:29-46 Dear RTB’ers, It’s Holy Saturday. At St. Andrew’s we’re ending Holy Week, while in our readings we’re just beginning. Today, Palm Sunday, as recorded in Luke. We just celebrated Palm Sunday last Sunday, so the story is familiar to all of us. Anything new? To me, yeah: …He sent two of the disciples… …
March 29 / Genesis 37-50
Genesis 37-50 Dear RTB’ers, It’s Good Friday, not a day where we put a “Happy” in front of that salutation, but rather a day for reflection. So it’s a good day for us to ponder Jesus and His sacrificial death on our behalf. I hope we’ll see one another at church this evening. No new …
March 28 / Genesis 50
Genesis 50 Dear RTB’ers, “…you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good…” (Gen. 50:19b). This verse stands out for me in all of Genesis, second only to Abraham’s offering of Isaac in Genesis 22. Things happen, good and bad, over which we have no control. Our response needs to be to trust …
March 27 / Genesis 49
Genesis 49 Dear RTB’ers, Jacob’s blessings on his twelve sons. We see Jacob’s most abundant blessings falling on Judah and Joseph. Why not Reuben, his firstborn? While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine. And Israel heard of it. (Genesis 35:22) So Jacob bypassed Reuben. Why not Simeon …