Today’s Walk in the Word

We want God to give us our heavenly home.                         —2 Corinthians 5:2 Dr. Bill Rogers, one of my elders, was a fanatic. I’m leery of fanatics and usually try to distance myself from them. But I was drawn to Bill’s fanaticism, found no […]

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.          —Psalm 119:67 “There are no atheists in foxholes,” is a phrase of uncertain origin, but usually attributed to war journalist Ernie Pyle. Many a soldier, who never prayed before, fervently does when bullets fly. Alexander Solzhenitsyn said, “It […]

As Solomon grew old . . . his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord.               —1 Kings 11:4 Solomon, the third and last king of the united kingdom of Israel, launched his administration by asking God for “an understanding heart to discern between good and evil” (1 […]

Do everything without grumbling.                —Philippians 2:14 Julia Hawkins lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she takes daily walks and tends her botanical garden. Julia took up running at age 100; set a record in the 100-yard dash at 101, and just finished the 50- and 100-yard dash races […]

I have stilled and quieted my soul.                    —Psalm 131:2 Do you Uber? If you suffer the blather of a passenger seat critic; or have kids in the backseat fussing and screaming like banshees, you may want to give Uber a try. Here’s why . . . […]

[She] put in all she had to live on.                     —Luke 21:4 Jesus spotted her on his last visit to the temple; saw her drop a couple of coppers—the smallest coinage in circulation—into the temple treasury. Comparing her gift with the gifts of the rich, he […]

Blessed are the merciful.        —Matthew 5:7 Jeremiah was in a pickle. He’d said some things that ruffled the feathers of the powerful. They dumped him into a nasty cistern to die of exposure and starvation. (See Jer. 38.) Ebed-Melech, a palace servant, reported their cruelty to the king, who told him to […]

Don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do anything you want.            —Galatians 5:13 In the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, we come across the familiar words that people are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights: that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of […]

Run the race that is before [you] and never give up.    —Hebrews 12:1 Pluck. Spunk. Grit. Starch. Mettle. The right stuff. These words describe Joshua (Jo 24:15), Daniel (Dn 1:8), Peter and John (Acts 4:19). These guys had spine. The words also describe you. You have what it takes. You avoid company that corrupts […]

Live in harmony with one another.                    —Romans 12:16 Earth’s population—with only one exception—is comprised of others. There are sixty-nine occurrences of the words “one another” in my New Testament. Here’s a sampling. □ Love one another □ Accept one another □ Serve one another □ Bear […]