Exodus 8 Dear RTB’ers, Exodus 8, three plagues today – frogs, gnats, and flies. Pharaoh is beginning to see the power of the Lord, possibly swayed by his own magicians. (Ex. 8:19) As a result, he begins to compromise. During the plague of frogs, he seems to relent: Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and …
Category Archives: RTB 2024 – Search the Scriptures, Part 1
May 17 / Exodus 6:10-7:25
Exodus 6:10-7:25 Dear RTB’ers, Good morning, folks. I’m trying to get back on track here. I’m still distracted by other things, but we move on! The writer of Exodus gives us a small genealogy, covering lightly only Reuben and Simeon before moving on to detail with Levi. His clear intent is that we know who …
May 16 / Exodus 4:18-6:9
Exodus 4:18-6:9 Dear RTB’ers, Moses’ first encounter with Pharaoh: Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go…’” (v. 5:1a) Actually, the first of many encounters and the first of many rejections by Pharaoh to Moses’ requests. An aside: I’ve wondered if this …
May 15 / Exodus 3-4
Exodus 3-4 Dear RTB’ers, Still no word on my brother, Ron. We’ll drop by there as we leave our hotel, headed for home. Back on May 6 I mentioned Scriptural incidents of the Lord having long one-person conversations, and I mentioned His appearing as a burning bush to Moses in Exodus. That’s where we are …
May 14 / Exodus 1-2
Exodus 1-2 Dear RTB’ers, A very late post… Today was “ministry” for my brother, Ron. It’s a long story to recount the “swamp” that he has built for himself. For now, he had a late surgery and was still in postop late, so we haven’t yet seen him. So, tomorrow morning… Today we begin Exodus; …
May 13 / Acts 12:1-24
Acts 12:1-24 Dear RTB’ers, Chapter 12, our last reading in Acts for a while. James is killed; the Jews are happy; Peter is imprisoned, and the disciples are praying; Peter is miraculously released; Herod has the prison guards killed because his soldiers could not find Peter in the prison; and then Herod suffers big time! …
May 12 / Acts 11:19-30
Acts 11:19-30 Dear RTB’ers, Barnabas’ qualifications: …for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith… (v. 24a) What more could be said of a believer? And how does this “good man” serve the community of believers? …he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true …
May 11 / Acts 11:1-18
Acts 11:1-18 Dear RTB’ers, Today I saw two items that struck me: unity within the church and apostolic leadership. First, unity: Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying… …
May 10 / Acts 10:34-48
Acts 10:34-48 Dear RTB’ers, My apologies for not posting yesterday. We had driven through the night, through hours of drenching rain and arrived at my sister’s, safe but tired. Posting was just not in me! So, yesterday’s reading (Acts 9:43-10:33) – Peter and Cornelius. The story is relatively straightforward, an angel appearing to Cornelius and …
May 9 / Acts 9:43-10:33
Please see the May 10 post.