Romans 11:25-36 Dear RTB’ers, Lest you be wise in your own sight… (v. 25a) These few words spoke to me immediately – don’t be wise in your own eyes! Paul’s words are timeless. In this epistle his audience is Gentiles in Rome, but we hear him loud and clear today and forever. Right now Carol …
Category Archives: RTB 2024 – Search the Scriptures, Part 1
October 7 / Romans 11:11-24
Romans 11:11-24 Dear RTB’ers, I’ve always enjoyed this section of Romans – the grafting in of the Gentiles into the Jewish root, and some of the original branches (Jews) breaking off from the root and then being grafted back in. Each of these types of grafting (in this text) is successful because God can do …
October 6 / Romans 11:1-10
Romans 11:1-10 Dear RTB’ers, What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened… (v. 7) I am thinking of Paul’s “elect”, as to who they were. Paul is writing Romans around 55 A.D., some twenty years after Jesus’ death and resurrection. Paul had met a …
October 5 / Romans 9:30-10:21
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 …
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 …