John 14:12-13   I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. Do you wonder about this passage? Jesus said that anyone who has faith in him will do even great things than those that Jesus did because Jesus will assist from the right hand of the Father.  Or at least that's the way I read it. The only thing is that we have to ask for help and blessing from Jesus in Jesus' name and have faith in Him. I wonder if this has ever happened - that greater things have happened. If it hasn't, it's because we haven't asked. If Jesus said it, He would make good on the promise. Of course, the request would have to be within the will of God and bring glory to God. To be honest, I can't think of anything greater than what Jesus did.  I mean the miracles.  Of course th...

I participated in some kind of bible survey quite some time ago. I don't remember anything about the survey. The payback for participating arrived in my mailbox last week.  I received a copy of a new translation of the New Testament with a note that the complete translation will be available in 2011.  This new translation is called the Common English Bible (CEB).  It uses modern words and phrases to translate the original texts. It is hard to use a new translation.  We get used to certain wording of familiar phrases.  " Blessed are the poor in spirit " is what I'm used to.  (Mt 5:3) not " Happy are people who are downcast ". It will take some time to get used to this translation.  I may never fully accept it but I will enjoy parts of it for certain.  One thing I really like is that all phrases in the New Testament that are from the Old Testament are in italics with the OT passage noted in the footnotes. I like that. Anyway, the first thing I w...