Common English Bible

  • 7 You are my secret hideout! You protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of rescue! Selah (Psalm 32:7, CEB) 17 The Lord your God is in your midst—a warrior bringing victory. He will create calm with his love; he will rejoice over you with singing. (Zeph. 3:17, CEB) Propositional truth is good. It is necessary. We need… Read more

  • Doom, obstinate one, the defiled one, the violent city. 2 She listened to no voice; she accepted no discipline. She didn’t trust in the Lord, nor did she draw near to her God. 3 The princes in her midst are roaring lions. Her judges are wolves of the evening; they leave nothing for the morning. 4 Her prophets are… Read more

  • The Singing God

    17 The Lord your God is in your midst—a warrior bringing victory. He will create calm with his love; he will rejoice over you with singing. (Zeph. 3:17, CEB) We serve a God who rejoices over us. We serve the One who has set us free from bondage. We are brought out of our barrenness into abundance… So why… Read more

  • Lame Translation Humor

    When it comes to reading the Bible… What to know what it says? Read the ESV. What to know what it means? Read the Common English Bible. 😉 Read more

  • Revival is when God gets so sick and tired of being misrepresented that He shows Himself. – Leonard Ravenhill 6 Won’t you bring us back to life again so that your people can rejoice in you? (Psalm 85:6, CEB) Read more

  • That said, it is still up to us as believers to take up the admonition to speak the truth in love. That still may not go well, but it does not release us into the depths of this world’s system of “taking it to the man” (or whatever phrase they are using these days). But… Read more

  • Being Hard Headed

    It’s okay to be hard-headed! Hallelujah! Stubborn. Immovable. It’s biblical! 8 I’ve now hardened your face so that you can meet them head-on. 9 I’ve made your forehead like a diamond, harder than stone. Don’t be afraid of them or shrink away from them, because they are a household of rebels. (Ez. 3:8-9, CEB) AND, being hard-headed puts… Read more

  • 17 No weapon fashioned against you will succeed, and you may condemn every tongue that disputes with you. This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants, whose righteousness comes from me, says the Lord. (Isa. 54:17, CEB) It’s time to “come home.” It’s time to put aside the shame. No more humiliation. Isn’t it time to let go… Read more

  • I’m Pregnant

    Not my wife. Me. There is something new being “birthed” in my heart and life. There are past barriers that have to come down, but it is GOD who is bringing them down. Look out. YOU may be pregnant, too. HEAR these words from Isaiah: Sing, barren woman who has borne no child; break forth… Read more

  • Changing Tastes

    2 Why spend money for what isn’t food, and your earnings for what doesn’t satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is good; enjoy the richest of feasts. (Isa. 55:2, CEB) We can get hooked on Twinkies and think they are just the finest dessert cake this side of heaven. We can think we know… Read more