Reading the Bible is hard. The result? You hit a point where reading stops working. Where opening your Bible feels like hitting a brick wall. Where prayer feels like sandpaper. Where every question just opens up a dozen more, with no answers in sight.
Most questions don’t need a perfect answer. They need someone to stay with you long enough to work through it.
VerseNotes Commons is where I do that.
It’s where real questions get worked through—slowly, carefully, without being rushed or flattened.
Some of those conversations become guides and starting points for the moments most Bible-reading advice doesn’t account for:
- when focus is scattered
- when energy is low
- when you’ve stalled out
- when confusion or guilt creeps in.
Once a month, I host a live Office Hours session to walk through real questions from real Christians in real time.
Commons exists so when everything stops working, you don’t have to start from scratch, whether you’re beginning for the first time or finding your way back.
If you’ve ever wanted to ask a Bible question and not have it brushed past or reduced to a quick answer, this is for you.
Questions like these—whether you’re stuck, confused, or just trying to make sense of something:
- What do I do when I’m not motivated to even open the Bible?
- What do I do when reading the Bible feels overwhelming?
- How do I read the Bible with ADHD?
- How is Jephthah in the Hall of Faith when he sacrificed his daughter?
Your support also helps keep VerseNotes freely available—no paywalls, ads, or gimmicks. But Commons is more than keeping the lights on.
The VerseNotes WayPermalink
VerseNotes delivers a different approach to reading Scripture: slowly, one layer at a time, with curiosity and understanding.
It’s organized around four basic stages of Bible reading:
- Removing frustration and guilt to enable freedom
- Adding simple structures to enable understanding
- Encouraging curiosity to enable delight
- Uncovering meaning layer by layer to enable depth
And all of VerseNotes remains free and ad-free so that a student in Nairobi, a soldier on night shift, or a mom between naps can open the Word without paywalls or pop-ups.
(This includes the audio companion, VerseNotes Out Loud.)
The Impact So FarPermalink
VerseNotes reaches thousands of readers each year across the world, including prison ministries, small groups, and entire churches reading together.
And that’s just with a one-person team working nights and early mornings.
What Readers Are Saying
The detail helps me understand the Bible. With your notes, Scripture has come alive. Thank you for the hours you put in.
It’s helped me go deeper in my study of Scripture.
I love the Verse Calendar. I open it when I need a “count to 10” moment at work to recenter as a believer and listener—not just an irritated person at my desk.
I’ve studied the Bible for years, and I appreciate your method—anchoring everything in Scripture, giving cultural context, and doing deep dives.
I found VerseNotes while researching biblical names for my son. Your study on responding to fear helped during an anxious pregnancy.
Almost by accident, a reference to Galatians 3:28 in The Fourth Son was relevant to struggles I was having with Scripture being weaponized against minority populations. It wasn’t every answer, but it became a powerful anchor against chaotic doubts—highlighting how God chooses “outsiders” to accomplish his aims.
Thank you for answering my questions. It means a lot to me and I feel I’m doing okay in the way I talk to God.
I teach but still get nervous, so I'm not an outgoing sharer, but the way you present lights a fire in me and a confidence that I can share.
If VerseNotes Has Helped YouPermalink
If this has helped you, supporting Commons is how this continues, for you and for others.
Your support:
- keeps every resource free for thousands of readers around the world
- helps me create new Chapter-by-Chapter ebooks, in-depth studies, and interactive tools
- makes space for deeper community through Q&A threads, Office Hours, and early drafts where you help shape what’s next
Together we can help the entire Church read with clarity and delight—no paywalls, no ads, just the living Word.
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