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 …
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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 …
October 31 / I Corinthians 1:1-17
I Corinthians 1:1-17 Dear RTB’ers, Today we jump back to the Epistles, to Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. We’ll spend about two weeks in I Corinthians, then take a two-week break with the Psalms, then spend another two weeks in II Corinthians. So we’ll have four weeks of the next six in Corinth, with …
October 30 / Exodus 39-40
Exodus 39-40 Dear RTB’ers, Today we end Exodus. What do you remember from Exodus? The Israelites’ suffering at the hand of Pharaoh? Moses’ birth and being raised in Pharaoh’s house? Moses’ fleeing Egypt and being called by God to return? Moses and Aaron and the plagues? The final plague, the blood on the doors, the …
October 29 / Exodus 37:10-38:31
Exodus 37:10-38:31 Dear RTB’ers, Many chapters and many months ago in our earlier Exodus reading we probably did not really realize what we were reading: The people of Israel had … asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. And the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the …
October 28 / Exodus 36:8-37:9
Exodus 36:8-37:9 Dear RTB’ers, Are pictures really worth a thousand words? When it comes to tabernacle structures, I’d say “yes”. In an e-mail that I sent a few years back, I noted that we have a drawing on page 99 of The Chronological Study Bible that is a fairly good artistic rendering of the tabernacle. …
October 27 / Exodus 35:1-36:7
Exodus 35:1-36:7 Dear RTB’ers, Two thoughts for today. First, the Sabbath. God is serious about His Sabbath. It was one of two items from the Ten that was mentioned in yesterday’s reading and now it’s the first item in today’s reading. Maybe He wants us to be (or get) serious about observing His Sabbath. Frankly, …
October 26 / Exodus 34
Exodus 34 Dear RTB’ers, We first saw the Ten Commandments back in Exodus 20. Today God gives Moses another set of rules for the Israelites to follow, with only two of the original ten included – not seeking other gods (vv. 12-17, Exodus 20:3-4) and honoring the Sabbath (v. 21, Exodus 20:8-11). In addition God …