Romans 9:30-10:21 Dear RTB’ers, How then are they to call on Him in whom they have not believed? How are they to believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? But how are they to preach unless they are sent? So faith comes from hearing, and …
Author Archives: Fred
October 4 / Romans 9:14-29
Romans 9:14-29 Dear RTB’ers, So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. So then He has mercy on whomever He wills, and He hardens whomever He wills. (vv. 16, 18) It is comforting to know that, in the end, it is God who wills this or that …
October 3 / Romans 9:1-13
Romans 9:1-13 Dear RTB’ers, Another delayed post – a travel day for us. And with that, a brief post. I didn’t have to read far today to know what I wanted to talk about: For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my …
October 2 / Romans 8:18-39
Romans 8:18-39 Dear RTB’ers, A delayed post today – lots of activity! First, a morning “travel” meeting, then our classes, and soon a bus to catch to the Vienna airport. Shortly we’ll be on our way to Albania and Montenegro. No, it’s not really “vacation”. Europe has a rule that a tourist can only be …
October 1 / Romans 8:1-17
Romans 8:1-17 Dear RTB’ers, A few years back I posted an item from one of my Study Bibles that Chapters 6, 7, and 8 formed a unit. Chapter 6 is about the believer’s freedom from sin; chapter 7 is freedom from the Law’s condemnation, and chapter 8 is life in the power of the Holy …
October 2024 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Oct Romans 8:1-17 17 02-Oct Romans 8:18-39 22 03-Oct Romans 9:1-13 13 04-Oct Romans 9:14-29 16 05-Oct Romans 9:30-10:21 25 06-Oct Romans 11:1-10 10 07-Oct Romans 11:11-24 14 08-Oct Romans 11:25-36 12 09-Oct Romans 12 21 10-Oct Romans 13 14 11-Oct Romans 14 23 12-Oct Romans 15:1-13 13 13-Oct Romans 15:14-33 20 …
September 30 / Romans 7:7-25
Romans 7:7-25 Dear RTB’ers, Even before I started reading today, knowing that we were reading to the end of Chapter 7, I had in mind: Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? (v. 24) Maybe the rest of you don’t have this feeling of occasionally hating yourself for …
September 29 / Romans 6:15-7:6
Romans 6:15-7:6 Dear RTB’ers, John’s comment on death yesterday stays with us today. There are at least nine references to death and dying in today’s passage. Paul paints a good picture of marriage and life and death. We are bound to our spouses by law as long as they are alive. But if they die, …
September 28 / Romans 6:1-14
Romans 6:1-14 Dear RTB’ers, The message that I see in today’s passage is from death to life – Jesus died and rose from the dead; likewise, we who are dead to sin can live a new life: …just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk …
September 27 / Romans 5:12-21
Romans 5:12-21 Dear RTB’ers, Thirteen times we see the word “one” in today’s reading – one man, one who…, one trespass, one act, one man’s sin, one man’s disobedience, one man’s obedience. Always the “one” is referring to either Adam or Jesus or their activities. And those one activities by both men have been passed …