June 4 / I Samuel 2:1-11

I Samuel 2:1-11 Dear RTB’ers, I suspect that many Bible readers are familiar with “Hannah’s prayer” primarily because of it being cited in relation to Mary’s prayer, “the Magnificat” in Luke 1:46-55 (as our STS note mentions). That result is not unexpected, in that most of us spend more time in the New Testament than …

June 3 / I Samuel 1

I Samuel 1 Dear RTB’ers, Today as we begin I Samuel, we are beginning that period of Israeli history known as the monarchy. We’ll meet Israel’s first kings, Saul and David; Solomon and others will come later. But first, the books known as I and II Samuel naturally begin with Samuel. I’m impressed with Hannah. …

June 2025 Readings

Date Readings Verses 01-Jun Ruth 1-2 45 02-Jun Ruth 3-4 40 03-Jun I Samuel 1 28 04-Jun I Samuel 2:1-11 11 05-Jun I Samuel 2:12-36, 3:11-14 29 06-Jun I Samuel 3:1-4:1a 22 07-Jun I Samuel 4:1b-22 22 08-Jun I Samuel 5:1-7:2 35 09-Jun I Samuel 7:3-8:22 37 10-Jun I Samuel 9:1-10:16 43 11-Jun I Samuel …

May 31 / I Peter 5

I Peter 5 Dear RTB’ers, Today we end 1 Peter, closing with a number of exhortations, all directed to the building up of the body of Christ. Elders, …shepherd the flock of God… (v. 2). You who are younger, …be subject to the elders. (v. 5a) All of you, Clothe yourselves…with humility toward one another… …

May 29 / I Peter 3:13-4:6

I Peter 3:13-4:6 Dear RTB’ers, Some challenging verses today, especially … in which He went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison… (3:19) and For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead… (4:6) These verses have confused me every time I have read them and again today. So I …

May 28 / I Peter 3:1-12

I Peter 3:1-12 Dear RTB’ers, In yesterday’s reading Peter spoke of slave-master relationships and of our subjection to government authorities. Today he covers wives and husbands (vv. 1-7), then all of us (vv. 8-12). In those last three verses he quotes Psalm 34:12-16. Let’s look at a few more verses from that Psalm. I’m sure …

May 27 / I Peter 2:18-25

I Peter 2:18-25 Dear RTB’ers, The word “suffer” (and its endings) occurs four times in today’s eight verses, Peter quickly tying Christian sufferings to Jesus. And in so doing, he reminds his audience of Isaiah’s prophecy: He had no form or majesty that we should look at Him, and no beauty that we should desire …