Today’s Walk in the Word

I will not offer to the Lord my God sacrifices that have cost me nothing.                 —2 Samuel 24:24 An anti-fossil-fuel faction of students demanded that St John’s College, Oxford, divest an endowment of $10 million that was invested in Shell and British Petroleum—immediately! Andrew Parker, Principal Bursar, […]

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.                  —Psalm 46:1 The backwash of the coronavirus pandemic has my email inbox bulging with messages from companies I patronize. I suspect they all use the same PR firm—because they all start with the same sentence: “We’re […]

The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.             —Luke 19:10 Rebecca has made some bad choices in habits and relationships. But now, she is developing moral muscle and is turning her life around. “I have taken the first step toward God,” she said. “I’m hoping […]

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.                                      —2 Corinthians 5:21 Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, ends with the story […]

The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow.      —2 Corinthians 4:18 Babylon, once the largest city in the world, is no more—it’s rubble and ruins. Ephesus, once a jaw-dropping monument to opulence, is no more—it’s rubble and ruins. Today’s cities are exhibits of eye-popping prosperity: stunning skyscrapers, upscale boutiques, luxurious homes, […]

[Our] small troubles . . . are helping us gain an eternal glory.            —2 Corinthians 4:17 If you hang around, growing old isn’t an option. Repairs on this old house increase with age. No sooner do we get one body part fixed than another part malfunctions. A lopsided percentage of […]

[We] are being transformed into [his] image from one degree of glory to another.                —2 Corinthians 3:18 Eloise went wild at the arboretum and came home with her SUV crammed with flats of pansies, petunias, and peonies. Remorse dogged her steps from her wheels to her flower bed. […]

You are a letter from Christ.           —2 Corinthians 3:3 You’ve probably been required to submit letters of recommendation when applying for employment. When you ask someone to write such a letter, you’re asking for their endorsement. The apostle Paul wrote letters of endorsement. And his converts, by their lives, wrote […]

We win the victory over the world by means of our faith.                  —1 John 5:4 God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. With these twenty-seven words, Reinhold […]

Your labor in the Lord is not in vain.               —1 Corinthians 15:58 The late Dr. Norvel Young often said, “You’re doing more good than you know.” Are you disappointed with the accomplishments of your life? I know a lady who died grieving, convinced that she had failed as […]