Acts 17:16-34 Dear RTB’ers, Paul’s second missionary journey continued, Athens. OK, the critical me coming out…, with repentance! In the past I have criticized Paul’s preaching in Athens (today’s reading). Yes, who am I to criticize Paul??!!! Moving on… Paul’s sermons to date (and Peter’s and Phillip’s) have been “kerygmatic”: […the preaching of the gospel …
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June 7 / Acts 17:1-15
Acts 17:1-15 Dear RTB’ers, Paul’s second missionary journey, continued, from Philippi to Thessalonica and Berea. Two things stand out for me today – first, so many conversions and then, Jewish anger. As to that first item, conversions in Thessalonica, And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many …
June 6 / Acts 16:16-40
Acts 16:16-40 Dear RTB’ers, June 6, D-Day, 80 years since the Allied landing in Normandy and the beginning of the end of World War II. Less than a year later the European war was over. D-Day. A real Memorial Day memory. Paul’s second missionary journey continued. In Acts 16:16-17 we have more “us” pronouns. We …
June 5 / Acts 16:6-15
Acts 16:6-15 Dear RTB’ers, Paul’s second missionary journey continued, from Asia Minor (Turkey) to Macedonia/Greece. So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” (vv. 8-9) What’s strange …
June 4 / Acts 15:35-16:5
Acts 15:35-16:5 Dear RTB’ers, Paul’s second missionary journey. I’ve always been troubled by Paul and Barnabas separating over the issue of John Mark going along. But you may recall that Barnabas was John Mark’s cousin (Colossians 4:10, translated as “uncle” only in the KJV), so family ties would have prompted Barnabas to have Mark along. …
June 3 / Acts 15:13-34
Acts 15:13-34 Dear RTB’ers, Although we hail the Council of Jerusalem as a true success, with unity and leadership and some measure of compromise, I am troubled by one item: …we have heard that some persons have gone out from us and troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions… …
June 2 / Acts 15:1-12
Acts 15:1-12 Dear RTB’ers, First, a couple of brief geographical items… Paul and Barnabas (and a large contingent of Christians) are based in “Antioch”. This “Antioch” is Syrian Antioch, about 300 miles north of Jerusalem, on the northeast coast of the Mediterranean Sea, as opposed to Pisidian Antioch, which Paul and Barnabas had visited in …
June 1 / Acts 14:13-28
Acts 14:13-28 Dear RTB’ers, Happy June! Remember our RTB gathering tomorrow after coffee hour. It’s so strange that Jews from Antioch would come all the way to Lystra (130 miles) just to harass Paul and Barnabas. Iconium was only 20 miles from Lystra, so some Jews from Antioch had probably followed Paul and Barnabas to …
June 2024 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Jun Acts 14:13-28 16 02-Jun Acts 15:1-12 12 03-Jun Acts 15:13-34 22 04-Jun Acts 15:35-16:5 12 05-Jun Acts 16:6-15 10 06-Jun Acts 16:16-40 25 07-Jun Acts 17:1-15 15 08-Jun Acts 17:16-34 19 09-Jun Acts 18:1-17 17 10-Jun Acts 18:18-28 11 11-Jun Acts 19:1-20 20 12-Jun Acts 19:21-41 21 13-Jun Acts 20:1-16 16 …
May 31 / Acts 14:1-12
Acts 14:1-12 Dear RTB’ers, Today, again a short reading, only twelve verses. Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by their hands. (v. 3) Luke makes a powerful statement here, that the …