Apprentice 2 Jesus

Common English Bible

  • From the Darkest Night

    One of the Psalms for today is Psalm 30. This is a very special psalm for me. The words of this psalm brought healing into my life in the darkest moments. Ephesians 1-3 set my life straight again, but Psalm 30 describes the journey. This is the beauty of Scripture. Certain passages can bring significant… Read more

  • If You Can Hear

    Throughout the letters to the seven churches in the Book of Revelation, there is this admonition we read from most translations: “Anyone who has ears to hear, let them hear.” The Common English Bible reads: “If you can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.” If you can hear… So much… Read more

  • Are You a Farmer?

    The Common English Bible Blog Tour has given me a great opportunity to explore this new translation. I’m finding a lot of fresh ways to turn a phrase. 3 Trust the LORD and do good;     live in the land, and farm faithfulness. (Ps. 37:3, CEB) The freshness seems to be catching on with my friend Mark… Read more

  • Dinner Party Downer

    Imagine you are in the thick of the Christmas party season. You’re doing the festive tour of parties. The economy seems to be ticking up, spirits are buoyed by the holiday spirit, and you found that big screen plasma on Black Friday and decided you could use it as a gift to yourself. Life is… Read more

  • Seeking

    In Advent we are reminded that he is the One who came seeking us. It is also a good time to remember that in seeking us, our hearts are awakened. We then have journey… a call to go after him! It is joy in the journey to be enthralled with his beauty. Some reminders: 8 I love… Read more

  • He Knows Where You Are

    This past weekend I finished teaching a college class on the New Testament. As an exercise to see how things would go, I actually had us read the Book of Revelation out loud. It was a challenge at times, but it was a worthwhile exercise overall. The book opened up to us a little more… Read more

  • The Expectation of Advent

    There are so many things to distract us in Advent. It’s hard enough to get our minds turned toward Christ in this consumer-mad season, but add to it the extra effort of thinking about Christ coming again. Add to that all the crazy predictions of when Jesus is coming… and we’re just too tired to think,… Read more

  • The God Who Hears

    One of the great lessons of Advent is the reminder of the God we serve. This is the God who came down. This is the God who listens to his people. We pray, he responds. Today’s Advent reading gives us a beautiful reminder:  2 Why do the nations say,     “Where’s their God now?”  3 Our God is… Read more

  • Hey, Jude!

    That’s about all I know of that song… the title. (I grew up fairly fundamentalist. I’ve dealt with it. You deal with it. 😉 ) We probably know more about the song than the biblical book. It’s quite the odd collection of thoughts. I really ponder the thought of Michael in an argument with the… Read more

  • We Interrupt This Joyous Season to Bring You a Prophetic Word!

    Amos just ruins Christmas. Who let this guy in? Here we are feeling good about billions of dollars spent over Black Friday, and here comes Amos. Truthfully, we need Amos. He is there reminding us that no matter how good the stock market is, or how good the sales are, the priorities of the Kingdom… Read more