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. …
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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…, …
November 1 / I Corinthians 1:18-2:16
I Corinthians 1:18-2:16 Dear RTB’ers, Yesterday I commented that Paul had spent a year and a half in Corinth (plus a second trip some years later), so he knew the Corinthian people to whom he was writing. And to these people he wrote that not many of them were wise or strong or of noble …
November 2024 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Nov I Corinthians 1:18-2:16 30 02-Nov I Corinthians 3-4 44 03-Nov I Corinthians 5-6 33 04-Nov I Corinthians 7 40 05-Nov I Corinthians 8-9 40 06-Nov I Corinthians 10:1-11:1 34 07-Nov I Corinthians 11:2-34 33 08-Nov I Corinthians 12 31 09-Nov I Corinthians 13 13 10-Nov I Corinthians 14 40 11-Nov I …