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 …
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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 …
April 21 / Mark 10:17-31
Mark 10:17-31 Dear RTB’ers, Mark calls him “the rich, young man”. Luke adds that he was a “ruler” (Luke 18:18) and Matthew agrees that he was young (Matthew 19:20, 22), but all three of these gospels agree that he was wealthy. While none of us is a ruler and most of us are not young, …
April 20 / Mark 10:1-16
Mark 10:1-16 Dear RTB’ers, HAPPY EASTER! “Hallelujah! The Lord is risen! He is risen indeed! Hallelujah!” Jesus’ Resurrection is the turning point in our lives! As St. Paul writes: … if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, your faith also is in vain. Moreover, we are even found to be …
April 2025 Readings
Date Readings Verses 01-Apr Deuteronomy 6 25 02-Apr Deuteronomy 7 26 03-Apr Deuteronomy 8 20 04-Apr Deuteronomy 9:1-10:11 40 05-Apr Deuteronomy 10:12-11:32 43 06-Apr Deuteronomy 12-13 50 07-Apr Deuteronomy 14-15 52 08-Apr Deuteronomy 16-17 42 09-Apr Deuteronomy 18-19 43 10-Apr Deuteronomy 20-21 43 11-Apr Deuteronomy 22-23 55 12-Apr Deuteronomy 24-25 41 13-Apr Deuteronomy 26 19 …
March 23 / Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:1-26 Dear RTB’ers, Today will be my last post for a while. I am having shoulder replacement surgery tomorrow morning and will be out of action for a while. I’ll be in a sling for about a month and then a few more months of recuperation and rehab. John S. has said that he …
March 22 / Mark 7:24-37
Mark 7:24-37 Dear RTB’ers, Fairly early on in my “active” Christian walk I was reading through I Corinthians for the first time and in chapter 11 I saw Paul’s words, very similar to the words that our priests speak at the elevation of the host and the cup: that the Lord Jesus on the night …
March 21 / Mark 7:1-23
Mark 7:1-23 Dear RTB’ers, Jesus is quoting Isaiah 29:13, This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me; in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. (v. 7) Putting myself into this “story” (this Isaiah verse), I split the verse in half at the semicolon and …
March 20 / Mark 6:30-56
Mark 6:30-56 Dear RTB’ers, The feeding of the five thousand is one of only two incidents outside of Holy Week that is recorded in all four gospels, the other being Jesus’ baptism. I can imagine that the Jewish people who were there and were part of this miracle would later recall their ancestors wandering in …
March 19 / Mark 6:6b-30
Mark 6:6b-30 Dear RTB’ers, We never know the exact time frame for Jesus in Mark’s gospel, or in any of the other gospels, for that matter. But it was only a few days ago (Mark 3:13, ff.) that we saw His twelve apostles named. So, one wonders how long they had been with Jesus before …