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 […]

Well… then there’s that…

We live in crazy times. To say we don’t is just being argumentative. You would think that with the incredible amount of information available at our fingertips, things would be getting clearer. Instead, they seem to be getting more confusing. The problem isn’t a lack of information. The problem is that many people are no […]

Shape

There are many things in this life that shape you. Experiences. Education. Relationships. Friendships. (Yes, those are different.) Your religion. Everyone has a set of beliefs they live by. Food. (LOL, but seriously—it shapes both who you are and your body.) Your environment. All of these things influence the person you become. But what shapes […]

Humility

Humility is strange. The minute you announce you have it… you don’t. At least that’s how it feels. It’s one of those qualities that everybody admires in other people and almost nobody claims for themselves. Which raises a question: How would you know? How would you know if you’re humble? Can you know? I have […]