Keep Refrigerated

Keep yourselves… That’s an interesting phrase. Because most of us have spent our lives thinking about God keeping us. God holding us. God protecting us. God refusing to let go. And then Jude says… “Keep yourselves in the love of God.” Wait. If God loves me… What exactly am I supposed to keep? Maybe the […]

Jude: The Ultimate Non-Name Dropper.

How do you introduce yourself? It’s an interesting question. Because what you lead with…usually tells people what you’re most proud of. Your career.Your accomplishments.Your degrees.Your family. We all choose something. Jude had a choice too. He opens his letter with these words: “Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James.” And immediately something […]

I Don’t Know Why…

I don’t know why… but I know it is changing me. I don’t know why… but I know it is making me more aware. I don’t know why… but I know it is worth fighting to get through. I don’t know why… but I’m learning. I don’t know why… but it has changed my prayer […]

Love Hates

“Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.” — Romans 12:9 Love. We celebrate it. Write songs about it. Build weddings around it. Tell our children to choose it. Hate? Not so much. We speak of hate as if it’s always the enemy of love. But Paul doesn’t. In […]

The Bovine Chronicles I

Mildred Moo! Mildred Moo! What Betsy Moo? Gurtrude Moo has fallen down the hill. Oh my, is she still down there? Do we need to go help her? It’s no use, she can’t move, she thinks she broke her T-bone and bruised her Filet. Poor girl. I know right, but I kept telling her she’d […]

Who Wrote Hebrews? (And Why the Answer Isn’t as Important as You Think)

One of the questions people often ask when studying Hebrews is, “Who wrote it?” My usual answer is simple: God. That may sound like a way of avoiding the question, but it is actually the most certain answer we have. The human author never identifies himself. Unlike Paul’s letters, Hebrews opens without a greeting or […]