Matthew 23:1-22 Dear RTB’ers, Two simple sentences, both fundamentals of Jesus’ teachings: But the greatest of you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted. (vv. 1-2) Humble leadership. We don’t see that much. Our political leaders tend in the opposite direction! Strength! Visibility! Money! Not …
Category Archives: RTB 2026 – Search the Scriptures, Part 3
March 8 / Matthew 22:15-46
Matthew 22:15-46 Dear RTB’ers, I asked a simple question yesterday and asked for simple answers from you. John even nudged you to respond. No one answered. Another disappointment. Trust me, there is never a “Why do I bother?” question in me. I know why I bother. But I do wonder where the rest of you …
March 7 / Matthew 22:1-14
Matthew 22:1-14 Dear RTB’ers, The parable of the king and the wedding feast. Two sentences stand out. First, the king speaking, “Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.” And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and …
March 6 / Matthew 21:23-46
Matthew 21:23-46 Dear RTB’ers, When the chief priests and the Pharisees try to challenge Jesus, He always gets the upper hand. But with today’s reading, they got a triple-dose of Jesus’ upper hand! In spite of being in the their own temple area, the Jewish leaders were on weak ground in challenging Jesus’ authority. From …
March 5 / Matthew 20:29-21:22
Matthew 20:29-21:22 Dear RTB’ers, I went to the VA yesterday and got tested – no flu, no COVID, no RSV. They gave me a week’s worth of antibiotics and cough suppressant. Hopefully I’ll get better soon. Thank you for your prayers! Two lives forever changed. They’re blind, sitting by the side of the road, possibly …
March 4 / Matthew 19:23-20:28
Matthew 19:23-20:28 Dear RTB’ers, I am not well, folks. Please pray for me. I always react negatively when I read the “laborers in the vineyard” parable. Those hired first speaking: And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal …
March 3 / Matthew 19:1-22
Matthew 19:1-22 Dear RTB’ers, Welcome back to Matthew! I don’t know that Jeremiah is a good interlude, but it did afford us a two-week break from Matthew. So now we return, finishing Matthew over the next three weeks. One of the last items that I posted on Matthew had to do with gospel “turning points”. …
March 2 / Jeremiah 24-25
Jeremiah 24-25 Dear RTB’ers, After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile from Jerusalem Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together with the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, and had brought them to Babylon… (v. 24:1a) In today’s first verse we see that many of the residents of …
March 1 / Jeremiah 23
Jeremiah 23 Dear RTB’ers, And we are back to Fred posting the first comments of the day. Thank you, John, for stepping in during our travels. Jeremiah is not the easiest book on which to offer comments, but you did that admirably. So we continue… I have three items to cover: First, Jesus the Messiah… …
March 2026 Readings
Date Readings Verses 01-Mar Jeremiah 23 40 02-Mar Jeremiah 24-25 48 03-Mar Matthew 19:1-22 22 04-Mar Matthew 19:23-20:28 36 05-Mar Matthew 20:29-21:22 28 06-Mar Matthew 21:23-46 24 07-Mar Matthew 22:1-14 14 08-Mar Matthew 22:15-46 32 09-Mar Matthew 23:1-22 22 10-Mar Matthew 23:23-39 17 11-Mar Matthew 24:1-31 31 12-Mar Matthew 24:32-25:13 33 13-Mar Matthew 25:14-46 33 …