November 6 / I Corinthians 10:1-11:1

I Corinthians 10:1-11:1 Dear RTB’ers, Today, distracted again with the results from yesterday’s election – the Presidency, the Senate, the House – and my own students’ results from their exam yesterday. Distracted. One item pops out for me in today’ readings – imitation. Paul summarizes it in today’s last verse, Be imitators of me, as …

November 5 / I Corinthians 8-9

I Corinthians 8-9 Dear RTB’ers, During my years as Treasurer at St. Andrew’s I was able to see first-hand where our parishioners’ contributions went. And a very large chunk of our parish income went as Paul directed: In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by …

November 4 / I Corinthians 7

I Corinthians 7 Dear RTB’ers, Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. (v. 17) Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called. (v. 20) So brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with …

November 3 / I Corinthians 5-6

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 …

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 …