Today’s Walk in the Word

Fear vs. Faith

By Joe Barnett / January 27, 2025 / Comments Off on Fear vs. Faith

I will trust and not be afraid.                     —Isaiah 12:2 News outlets deliver a continuous stream of wild-eyed crazies massacring schoolchildren, shooting up theaters, planting bombs where people work and play. They display nutcase leaders flexing their muscles and annihilating their enemies. This endless recital of […]

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Now We Know

By Joe Barnett / January 24, 2025 / Comments Off on Now We Know

Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.                    —Matthew 25:40 In the final judgment, Jesus will say to some, I was hungry, thirsty, a stranger, naked, sick, imprisoned. You fed me, befriended me, clothed me, cared for […]

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Feeding on the Word

By Joe Barnett / January 23, 2025 / Comments Off on Feeding on the Word

I will not neglect your word.             —Psalm 119:16 I am impressed with the attention devoted to Bible reading by earlier generations. Cranmer’s Prayer Book lectionary, first published in 1549, presented daily morning and evening prayers that took Anglicans through the Old Testament once and the New Testament twice a […]

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Name Three Things for Which You Are Grateful

By Joe Barnett / January 22, 2025 / Comments Off on Name Three Things for Which You Are Grateful

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.                           —Psalm 118:1 In Practicing a Weighty Gratitude, Eric Nolan related how he decided to find three things each day for which he was grateful and committed to writing them down every evening just […]

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Taking the Long Look

By Joe Barnett / January 21, 2025 / Comments Off on Taking the Long Look

Faith is confidence in what we hope for.                          —Hebrews 11:1 I have friends who are going through hard times: grief, loss, health issues. I am inspired by their faith and grit in taking the long view, looking past present anxiety to future certainty. […]

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Your Faith Amazes Jesus

By Joe Barnett / January 20, 2025 / Comments Off on Your Faith Amazes Jesus

Without faith it is impossible to please God.                                 —Hebrews 11:6 Only two times in the gospels is it said that Jesus was amazed. In Luke chapter 7, a centurion, concerned about his sick servant, sent a request to Jesus […]

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Jesus in Disguise

By Joe Barnett / January 17, 2025 / Comments Off on Jesus in Disguise

I was hungry and you gave me something to eat.                                 —Matthew 25:35 Abdullah II became king of Jordan in 1999. He occasionally prowled the country in disguise, popping into government offices and hospitals to see how his people were […]

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Your Sins Have Been Paid For

By Joe Barnett / January 16, 2025 / Comments Off on Your Sins Have Been Paid For

[Jesus] bore our sins in his body on the cross.        —1 Peter 2:24 Cliff Barrows two young children persisted in doing something they had been forbidden to do. They were warned if they did it again, they would be punished. They did it again. Barrows knew that he had to punish them […]

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Get On the Right Page

By Joe Barnett / January 15, 2025 / Comments Off on Get On the Right Page

Your word is truth.     —John 17:17 Humorist Garrison Keillor was probably correct when he epitomized the contemporary manipulation of truth: “Sometimes you just have to look truth square in the face and deny it!” Most of us have done it when we’ve stepped on the scales, canceled an annual physical, or made an […]

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Can You Believe It?

By Joe Barnett / January 14, 2025 / Comments Off on Can You Believe It?

Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven.             —Romans 4:7 Today’s scripture citation is an excerpt. The apostle Paul was extracting a portion of David’s. testimony: “Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them” […]

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