John 10:1-21 Dear RTB’ers, Today, the Good Shepherd… And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. (v. 16) So, who are the “other sheep”? To whom was Jesus referring? …to people in the crowd who said that He …
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October 7 / John 9
John 9 Dear RTB’ers, Today, Jesus’s healing of a man born blind. Carol told me a few years back that she had learned in one of her studies that healing a person born blind was one of the signs that the Jews expected of the Messiah. So we read this today and my thoughts run …
October 6 / John 8:30-59
John 8:30-59 Dear RTB’ers, We had some good discussions at our RTB gathering yesterday, one of which focused on John’s gospel, where the point was made that his gospel is more about Jesus’ words than about His actions. Yes, we see dramatic miracles in John’s gospel (Jesus turning water into wine at the wedding in …
October 5 / John 7:53-8:29
John 7:53-8:29 Dear RTB’ers, Another late post… Blame it on our RTB gathering, a wonderful time together talking and laughing – quite a bit of laughing, actually! If you are reading along with us, you owe it to yourself to join our next RTB gathering, on Sunday, November. We have some great discussions – a …
October 4 / John 7:25-52
John 7:25-52 Dear RTB’ers, Interesting dynamics in today’s reading… The chief priests and the Pharisees send temple officers to arrest Jesus (John 7:32). These officers fail in their task, presumably on the basis of their belief in Jesus’ words (John 7:45-46). But the crowd around Jesus was also split – many believed in Him (John …
October 3 / John 7:1-24
John 7:1-24 Dear RTB’ers, John gives us a clearer picture of the crowd’s emotions toward Jesus than do the Synoptics: And there was much muttering about Him among the people. While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, He is leading the people astray.” (v. 12) Two thousand years later the crowds are still split, …
October 2 / John 6:41-71
John 6:41-71 Dear RTB’ers, Jesus is speaking to the Jews (and to His disciples) in the synagogue in Capernaum: I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is My flesh. …
October 1 / John 6:22-40
John 6:22-40 Dear RTB’ers, Today’s reading overwhelms me every time I read it’s. There are few passages in Scripture more personal to me. In 2019 I told a very personal story for this passage. I’ll let that serve as today’s post. Blessings. See also:
October 2025 Readings
Date Readings Verses 01-Oct John 6:22-40 19 02-Oct John 6:41-71 31 03-Oct John 7:1-24 24 04-Oct John 7:25-52 28 05-Oct John 7:53-8:29 30 06-Oct John 8:30-59 30 07-Oct John 9 41 08-Oct John 10:1-21 21 09-Oct John 10:22-42 21 10-Oct John 11:1-27 27 11-Oct John 11:28-44 17 12-Oct John 11:45-12:19 32 13-Oct John 12:20-36 17 …
September 30 / John 6:1-21
John 6:1-21 Dear RTB’ers, I have already mentioned that John’s gospel leaves me confused with respect to Jesus’ words, especially His replies to questions. But yet another way in which John has me confused is in following Jesus’ physical travels, His chronology. I already mentioned that John has a Passover on four occasions in his …