Wrong Side of the Tracks

by Travis Herbelin | June 19, 2020 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

Some people are just born on the wrong side of the tracks. By luck of birth, one person is socially desirable, and another is undesirable. The Jews thought Jesus was from the wrong side of the tracks. He came from the region of Galilee. His home town was Nazareth, a...

Can Any Forbid Water?

by Travis Herbelin | August 27, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

“Sir, you’re dehydrated.” The sergeant was checking how long the pale, pinched hands took to regain color. After ambush training, he checked everyone, including observers. “I know.” There was zero chance of me taking a lift from medical staff, especially in front of...

If You Can’t Be Honest With Yourself…

by Travis Herbelin | May 7, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

“If you can’t be honest with yourself, who can you be honest with?” The lab’s technical director had great one-liners. Maybe he got this one from somewhere, but I had not heard it before. The obvious answer is “no one,” but another valid answer is “God.” In Acts...

We Can’t Keep Quiet

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

Air Force’s first core value is, “Integrity First.” Every airman was required to learn what it meant. Two of the better definitions were: doing what is right even if no one is watching, and doing what is right even when it hurts. It takes courage to live with...

How Much Evidence Do You Need?

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

There are some things people just won’t believe, despite the evidence. Perhaps they reject the evidence. Maybe they don’t like the conclusion drawn from the evidence. It might even be that they fabricate evidence contrary to the truth. Reasonable people, however, draw...

We Have No King But Caesar

by Travis Herbelin | January 1, 2021 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

Happy New Year’s Day! Today is a day of thanksgiving that 2020 is behind us. Today is a day of hope that 2021 will be better than the last. Today is a day of promise that many start resolutions. What sort of resolutions are you making this year? In John 19:16, Pilate...

Don’t Bury the Lead

by Travis Herbelin | May 1, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

Burying the lead means that the most important part of a newspaper article is not mentioned first. Newspaper articles are not meant to be read like stories because readers read ruthlessly. Editors expect readers to skip over articles that they don’t appear relevant,...

Most Likely to Fail

by Travis Herbelin | May 5, 2020 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

When I was in high school, the end of the year brought the superlatives. Someone made a list with, “Most likely to ____.” Generally, they were positive and highlighted positive future accomplishments. Others were just cruel, “Most likely to fail.” Cruel. During Jesus’...

If you get angry, count to ten…

by Travis Herbelin | September 24, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

Mark Twain’s version was, “When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.” Are Christians ever allowed to get that angry? In Acts 13:6–12, we see Paul get angry. Elymas, a false prophet, knowingly placed himself between the gospel message and a searching soul....

Ozymandias

by Travis Herbelin | June 5, 2020 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” That’s the only phrase I remember from that poem. We read it in high school and were taught that it had a double meaning. On the one hand, Ozymandias wrote it to terrify other kings into submission. On the other hand, it...

Bring me a rock

by Travis Herbelin | Nov 5, 2021 | Acts, New Testament

In the Air Force, and probably the other branches as well, you don’t always get clear guidance on tasks. A boss once asked for a report on a long-range plan. After working on it for weeks, he said, “I was thinking something with more clouds to indicate...

But God Raised Him From the Dead

by Travis Herbelin | Oct 22, 2021 | Acts, New Testament

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...

Those Among You Who Fear God

by Travis Herbelin | Oct 15, 2021 | Acts, New Testament

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.” Without Google, I could not tell you that Shakespeare wrote that in his play, Julius Caesar. I must have read it at some point, probably in high school, and the phrase stuck with me. Why? It uses vocative language to...

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