Parsimony is a Virtue

by Travis Herbelin | September 4, 2020 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

The colonel told me to keep it short. His exact words were, “Parsimony of word is a virtue.” I don’t know if he quoted someone famous, but it did reflect an ancient American proverb, “Waste not, want not.” In John 12:3-5, Mary opened very costly perfume, poured it on...

Denying Jesus

by Travis Herbelin | December 18, 2020 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar? Not me! That’s a fun song for small children, but when the question is, “Who is a Christian?” how shall we answer? The answer is of paramount personal importance. In John 18, Peter denies Jesus three times (vv. 17, 25, and...

What Did You Even Ask?

by Travis Herbelin | April 2, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

The air was too thick to breathe and too thin to drink. Looking at the grass, which was now less than an inch from his head, his quivering arms finally gave out. Only 12 pushups, not 20. The recruit muttered to himself, “How am I ever going to do more pushups?” Like a...

Why Did God Give Us the Book of Acts?

by Travis Herbelin | February 12, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

What did Bradbury mean when he wrote Fahrenheit 451? Many students of literature will give many different answers to that question. The easiest way to know what he meant was to ask him, “What did you mean?” But what if Bradbury is no longer available for an...

Reject the Evidence!

by Travis Herbelin | July 24, 2020 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

Popular science assumes that nothing supernatural can exist. Since the only things that can exist are natural, any evidence for the supernatural is rejected. In John 9, the Pharisees assumed God could not work on the Sabbath. Despite this belief, Jesus healed a blind...

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...

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....

Hallmark Cards

by Travis Herbelin | June 12, 2020 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

Why does Hallmark make cards? Somehow they seem to have the exact right words for different situations. What do you say to someone in the hospital? Send them a get-well card! What do you say to new grandparents-to-be? Send them a get-well card too! What do you say to...

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...

No Witnesses

by Travis Herbelin | November 26, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

Bob knew it was a perfect crime. He carried out in the dead of night. There were no witnesses, and there were no co-conspirators. Two years later, he heard the verdict and the gavel and began his long life of incarceration. How could Bob have found himself in this...

Encouraging Words

by Travis Herbelin | Oct 1, 2021 | Acts, New Testament

We started at oh-dark-thirty. The jungle-like heat gave promise of another 90/90 day – 90% humidity and 90º F. The air was too thin to drink and too thick to breathe, much less run in at such an ungodly hour. Four miles in, staff started showing up like a cloud of...

If you get angry, count to ten…

by Travis Herbelin | Sep 24, 2021 | Acts, New Testament

Fighting Like Cats and Dogs

by Travis Herbelin | Sep 17, 2021 | Acts, New Testament

People fight, sometimes like cats and dogs. If that were not so, there would be no countries, politics, or generational gaps. It seems that people are drawn to conflict like mosquitos to a bug zapper. It doesn’t have to be that way. In Acts 13:1, there were five...

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