Today’s Walk in the Word

Contentment: A Key to Happiness

By Joe Barnett / April 24, 2018 / Comments Off on Contentment: A Key to Happiness

[G]odliness with contentment is great gain.                              —1 Timothy 6:6 According to a Houston Chronicle column (10/25/17), Albert Einstein, arriving in Tokyo in 1922, didn’t have any “tip” money. So the Nobel-winning scientist scribbled a note and gave it to the bellhop, […]

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Thank You Note

By Joe Barnett / April 23, 2018 / Comments Off on Thank You Note

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. —Psalm 107:1 Early this morning I gazed for several minutes at a portrait of my late father. Today would have been his 112th birthday. I stood there thinking about him and thanking God for him. I owe him much . . . and much to my […]

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Your Bible is Your Best Friend

By Joe Barnett / April 20, 2018 / Comments Off on Your Bible is Your Best Friend

The unfolding of your words gives light.                      —Psalm 119:130 It’s been said that if you live with a lame man, before long you will walk with a limp. Clubs, clans, and cliques prove that people become like those they hang out with. The same is […]

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Don’t Partner with Dividers

By Joe Barnett / April 19, 2018 / Comments Off on Don’t Partner with Dividers

[S]uch a man is warped and sinful.                   —Titus 3:11 Don’t be influenced by destroyers of unity. They are contagious; a hazard to your spiritual health. “I urge you,” wrote Paul, “to watch out for those who cause divisions . . . Keep away from them” (Rom […]

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Contaminated by Contention

By Joe Barnett / April 18, 2018 / Comments Off on Contaminated by Contention

[W]atch out for those who cause divisions . . . Keep away from them.    —Romans 16:17 Sooner or later nearly every church is contaminated by contention. Like cancer, it infiltrates furtively at first. But eventually, it metastasizes and permeates the body, resulting in severely depleted strength. Or death. The apostle Paul exhorted Christians to […]

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Reaction Determines Destiny

By Joe Barnett / April 17, 2018 / Comments Off on Reaction Determines Destiny

[G]od did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.                         —2 Timothy 1:7 Greek philosopher Epictetus said, “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” Author Ryan Holiday […]

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Son of Man / Son of God

By Joe Barnett / April 16, 2018 / Comments Off on Son of Man / Son of God

[T]he Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.         —Luke 19:10 As the Son of Man, he hungered. As the Son of God, he is the bread of life. As the Son of Man, he thirsted. As the Son of God, he offers the thirsty the water […]

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Your Storm Shelter

By Joe Barnett / April 13, 2018 / Comments Off on Your Storm Shelter

What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him.                   —Matthew 8:27 “A mature hurricane is by far the most powerful event on earth,” writes Sebastian Junger, in The Perfect Storm. “The combined nuclear arsenals of the United States and the former […]

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Government and God

By Joe Barnett / April 12, 2018 / Comments Off on Government and God

Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.     —Matthew 22:21 Do you know anyone who likes to pay taxes? Neither do I. The Pharisees tried to trap Jesus on taxes: “Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” If Jesus said “No,” he was in trouble with […]

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The Good and the Best

By Joe Barnett / April 11, 2018 / Comments Off on The Good and the Best

Come to the wedding banquet.        —Matthew 22:4 Jesus spun a story about a king who invited some well-heeled friends to a wedding banquet for his son, only to be insulted by their refusal to come. First impulse is to brand these invitees as a wicked, wretched, worthless brood. But not so fast. […]

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