Hissers and Hushers

Shibboleth is a word we rarely use anymore, so a dictionary definition is in order. A shibboleth is any custom or tradition, usually a choice of phrasing or even a single word, that distinguishes one group of people from another. Shibboleths have been used throughout history in many societies as passwords, simple ways of self-identification, …

Blessed Are the Angry, for we think we are gods

It is good to be reminded that there are very few things (beyond ourselves) that God tells us to fix. Jude 1:23 tells us to “save [some] by snatching them from the fire,” a call to intervene in the moral lives of other believers when necessary, but this is as close as the New Testament …