What Was I Thinking?

by Travis Herbelin | August 14, 2020 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

If I don’t finish a project before the end of the day, then there is a good chance that when I come back to it the next day, I will ask myself, “What was I thinking?” Until I remember what I was thinking, “I lose the bubble,” and just stare at it. Sometimes I think I...

But God Raised Him From the Dead

by Travis Herbelin | October 22, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

I remember my first office. No longer living in a cubicle, the trappings of the office were nice. It would have been easy to let it go to my head. The office didn’t exist as a reward but as a tool to do my job more effectively. The most important part was the job. The...

If Not Now, Then When?

by Travis Herbelin | July 17, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

When is the best time to plant a tree? Several years ago. When is the next best time? Right now. If you keep putting off planting a tree, it will never grow. So if you are thinking about planting a tree, now is better than never. In Acts 8:36, the Ethiopian eunuch...

Something was lost in translation

by Travis Herbelin | May 8, 2020 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

Language doesn’t always make sense. If you were to ask a new-to-English-speaker, “What’s up?” the logical answer is, “the sky.” That answer does not actually answer the question that was intended. America’s favorite Bible verse is kind of like that. We see it on...

It Doesn’t Make Sense…At First

by Travis Herbelin | January 22, 2021 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

It was a new job outside my career field. That meant learning new acronyms and new regulations. It also meant dealing with a lot more civilians. At first, so much didn’t make sense. By the time I left the assignment, I had a firm grasp of what didn’t make sense at...

Just What We Do

by Travis Herbelin | May 21, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

It had been a 100-hour workweek. An inspection was coming up, problems were cropping up, so our work hours went up. No one told us to work such hours. No one questioned the need for long hours. The mission dictated the workload, so we worked. It was just what we did....

Who are you, Lord?

by Travis Herbelin | July 23, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

Sometimes, life shows up at your doorstep, chews you up, and spits you on the floor. We make plans, work towards goals, and then life goes sideways. In those moments of life, we might cry out to the sky in frustration. In those moments, we can cry out to God. In Acts...

I Am a Vegan, Except When I Eat Steak

by Travis Herbelin | March 6, 2020 | 1 Peter, New Testament | 0 Comments

That is a silly statement isn’t it? The vegans I know tend to be committed to the lifestyle. No one can honestly call themselves “vegan” and plan to eat steak every Thursday. In the same way, it makes no sense to say, “I am a Christian, except when I am a...

That Just Sounds Wrong

by Travis Herbelin | October 30, 2020 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

TV commercials sell products. If you remember the commercial but not the product, then the commercial failed. I remember a commercial that sold something, but I don’t remember what it was. I remember the commercial because a teenage daughter shouted at her...

Bumper Sticker

by Travis Herbelin | August 20, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

I once read a bumper sticker that said, “God said it. I believe it. That settles it.” I thought it was a great bumper sticker, and then I thought about it a little more. The middle part, “I believe it,” just didn’t matter. If God says it, that settles it. Our...

How Do I Love Thee?

by Travis Herbelin | Oct 9, 2020 | John, New Testament

…let me count the ways. Those are the opening words of Elizabeth Browning’s 43 sonnet. What strikes me as odd about the sonnet is that she described her emotions, but she didn’t list any actions to show how she loved. I don’t doubt she loved deeply, but if her love...

You Can’t Get There From Here

by Travis Herbelin | Oct 2, 2020 | John, New Testament

There was a story about a tourist in London trying to get to Big Ben, or maybe it was about trying to get to Great Bend, or perhaps I don’t really remember it at all. The point was that the tourist kept hearing, “You can’t get there from here.” The Bible doesn’t leave...

No Vacancies

by Travis Herbelin | Sep 25, 2020 | John, New Testament

Have you ever noticed the unlit “NO” before the “VACANCIES” sign at a roadside motel? It is a clever way to send one of two messages, “We have room, stop here!” or “We have no room, keep going.” Finding “NO VACANCIES” on a trip is frustrating, but living your life...

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