Ephesians 5:3-6:9 Dear RTB’ers, Happy July! Today we begin the second half of 2025 and the second half of our STS read through the Bible. Paul gets very practical in all of today’s reading. It gets a bit confusing as to whether he is speaking only (or mostly) to the Gentiles in Ephesus or whether …
Category Archives: RTB 2025 – Search the Scriptures, Part 2
July 2025 Readings
Date Readings Verses 01-Jul Ephesians 5:3-6:9 40 02-Jul Ephesians 6:10-24 15 03-Jul Job 1-3 61 04-Jul Job 4-5 48 05-Jul Job 6-7 51 06-Jul Job 8:1-9:24 46 07-Jul Job 9:25-10:22 33 08-Jul Job 11-12 45 09-Jul Job 13-14 50 10-Jul Job 15-17 73 11-Jul Job 18-19 50 12-Jul Job 20-21 63 13-Jul Job 22-24 72 …
June 30 / Ephesians 4:1-5:2
Ephesians 4:1-5:2 Dear RTB’ers, Today, June 30, halfway through 2025 and halfway through our three-year Search the Scriptures journey through the entire Bible. Well done, those of us who began on January 1, 2024! Moving on…! Having looked over the past two days at Paul’s calls for the Gentiles’ “equality” with the Jews, today we …
June 29 / Ephesians 3
Ephesians 3 Dear RTB’ers, I wrote yesterday of Paul’s unity message in Ephesians: that the Gentiles are …no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. (Eph. 2:19) He continues that theme in today’s reading, strengthening the Gentiles’ position by referring to them as …
June 28 / Ephesians 2
Ephesians 2 Dear RTB’ers, I read in one of my Study Bibles that unity is one of the themes of Paul’s writing in Ephesians. We see that played out in today’s reading. In the last paragraph of the first chapter Paul had written to “you”, presumably referring to all of God’s people in Ephesus. He …
June 27 / Ephesians 1:15-23
Ephesians 1:15-23 Dear RTB’ers, …that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation … that you may know what is the hope to which He has called you, what are the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is …
June 26 / Ephesians 1:1-14
Ephesians 1:1-14 Dear RTB’ers, Back to the New Testament, Ephesians… One important item to note about this epistle right away is that Paul spent some 2-3 years living and preaching in Ephesus (Acts 19:1-10). [Read the whole of Acts 19 for a more complete account of his time there. It’s worth reading!] So although he …
June 25 / I Samuel 31, Review
I Samuel 31, Review Dear RTB’ers, The end of Saul and his son, Jonathan, and two other sons… Different from other battle accounts, nothing is said about Saul’s battle plan – only simple mention of the Israeli defeat and the Philistine victory and their mistreatment of the dead bodies. (Recall how the Philistines treated Samson …
June 24 / I Samuel 29-30
I Samuel 29-30 Dear RTB’ers, David has moved to the Philistines in order to get away from Saul’s constant pursuit. He has served one of the Philistine kings, Achish, and has been given his own city to live in, Ziklag. He has deceived Achish and pretended loyalty to him, although his heart is certainly with …
June 23 / I Samuel 27-28
I Samuel 27-28 Dear RTB’ers, Today we see the end of David and his men running and of Saul’s pursuit: And when it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he no longer sought him. (v. 27:4) The Philistine king gives David his own city, Ziklag, a border city between the Philistines and …