Psalm 3 In Psalm 3 David has an enemy – his son, Absalom. As he writes this Psalm he is fleeing Jerusalem away from Absalom who has attempted to usurp David’s throne (vv. 1-2). In the rest of the Psalm David expresses his confidence in God to be his protector, to save him from Absalom. …
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January 2 / Psalm 2
Psalm 2 At St. Andrew’s the Bible translation that we mostly use is the English Standard Version (ESV). For me, however, my favorite Bible translation is the New American Standard Bible (NASB). Naturally others may favor the old English language in the King James Version (KJV) or a more academic Revised Standard Version (RSV) or …
January 1 / Psalm 1
Psalm 1 Happy New Year to this RTB 2022 Psalms/Wisdom searchers! What a year this is going to be. It’s a whole new direction for me. I recall Ben preaching a few weeks back, talking about Jesus’ forthcoming birth and acknowledging that he was out of his element talking about pregnancy. I feel the same …
January 2022 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Jan Psalm 1 6 02-Jan Psalm 2 12 03-Jan Psalm 3 8 04-Jan Psalm 4 8 05-Jan Psalm 5 12 06-Jan Psalm 6 10 07-Jan Psalm 7 17 08-Jan Psalm 8 9 09-Jan Psalm 9:1-10 10 10-Jan Psalm 9:11-20 10 11-Jan Psalm 10 18 12-Jan Psalm 11 7 13-Jan Psalm 12 8 …
December 31 / Revelation 22:1-21
Revelation 22:1-21 Today we end Revelation. And with ending Revelation, we have ended the entire New Testament. If this is your first trip through the complete New Testament, congratulations! That’s an excellent accomplishment. The next step is the Old Testament, maybe in one year, then the entire Bible, beginning to end! That might be a …
December 30 / Revelation 21:1-27
Revelation 21:1-27 Today and tomorrow, it’s all GLORY, folks!! I’ve always heard or read that the church is the bride of Christ: For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. (II Corinthians 11:2) See also Ephesians 5:22-24, ff. Today …
December 29 / Revelation 20:1-15
Revelation 20:1-15 My ignorance of end-times theologies is huge! Both of my Study Bibles have long notes talking about the millennium, Jesus’ 1000-year reign that we read about today. They discuss three theories – amillennialism, premillennialism, and postmillennialism. And even as I read each of these explanations in both Study Bibles I find that I …
December 28 / Revelation 19:1-21
Revelation 19:1-21 Another late-in-the-day post – the holidays are killers for keeping on a timetable! My Study Bible noted that the word “Hallelujah” occurred four times in today’s first six verses – and not at all in the rest of the New Testament! I was surprised that Paul and other writers had never used that …
December 27 / Revelation 18:1-24
Revelation 18:1-24 Babylon. A great many Biblical scholars agree that Babylon in John’s time was Rome, a city of wealth and power that ruled the entire Mediterranean world and was responsible for the deaths of thousands of Christians. So I wonder about Babylon in today’s world. That is, if Babylon is a city and not …
December 26 / Revelation 17:1-18
Revelation 17:1-18 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. (v. 8) This triad, …was, and is not, andis about to rise…, didn’t make much sense to me until my Study Bible suggested evil that was, but is not now apparent, …