Apprentice 2 Jesus

Common English Bible

  • Expectation

    This Sunday is Palm Sunday. The journey into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday was one of high expectation. Everyone had their view of what Jesus’ coming meant. That entry had implications for everyone… yet not in a way any of them expected. 8 Many people spread out their clothes on the road while others spread branches cut from… Read more

  • The Place of Authoritative Prayer

    20 Early in the morning, as Jesus and his disciples were walking along, they saw the fig tree withered from the root up. 21 Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look how the fig tree you cursed has dried up.”  22 Jesus responded to them, “Have faith in God! 23 I assure you that whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted… Read more

  • Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing

     15 They came into Jerusalem. After entering the temple, he threw out those who were selling and buying there. He pushed over the tables used for currency exchange and the chairs of those who sold doves. 16 He didn’t allow anyone to carry anything through the temple. 17 He taught them, “Hasn’t it been written, My house will be called a house… Read more

  • He’s Coming… and you may not like that thought

    This coming Sunday is Palm Sunday. We celebrate the entrance of Christ into Jerusalem. It is remembering his triumphal entry, then entering a week of reflection as we head toward the Cross. The expectation when Jesus entered Jerusalem was probably enormous. There was a lot of talk and a lot of hope. But when Jesus… Read more

  • When He Comes

    31 The time is coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. 32 It won’t be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant with me even though… Read more

  • Laughter

    22 A joyful heart helps healing,     but a broken spirit dries up the bones. (Prov. 17:22, CEB) When a week of heavy events, life situations, ministry, etc., really begins to beat down… it is wonderful to have things come along to lift me out of hard places. Last night was one of those nights. I had… Read more

  • Can You Say THAT in the Bible?

    Here’s a good verse in the Apocrypha, which is probably why it’s not in the Protestant Bible. 😉 People who are afraid to act  are like clumps of cow manure;     those who pick it up     will shake off their hand. (Sirach 22:2, CEB) A good mental picture that is hard to forget. Learn to get moving!… Read more

  • Could I Invite You to LOVE the Body of Christ?

    1 Therefore, I have a request for the elders among you. (I ask this as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and as one who shares in the glory that is about to be revealed.) I urge the elders: 2 Like shepherds, tend the flock of God among you. Watch over it. Don’t shepherd because… Read more

  • Lord, Hasten the Day!

     11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be? You must live holy and godly lives, 12 waiting for and hastening the coming day of God. Because of that day, the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt away in the flames. 13 But according to his promise… Read more

  • Be the Hunter

    If there is anything worth hunting… it is wisdom. We live life in “pursuit” of so many things, but the greatest pursuit in the ancient texts is the pursuit of wisdom. And the call is to be as tenacious with that pursuit as you would with any other pursuit. Actually, even a little more tenacious. 22 Pursue… Read more