Today’s Walk in the Word

The Fork in the Road

By Joe Barnett / June 25, 2025 / Comments Off on The Fork in the Road

Enter through the narrow gate.               —Matthew 7:13 “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” So goes a Yogi Berra “Yogiism.” In Matthew 7:13, as Jesus winds down his Sermon on the Mount, we’re at a fork in the road. “Wide is the gate and […]

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What Do You Most Want?

By Joe Barnett / June 24, 2025 / Comments Off on What Do You Most Want?

What can anyone give in exchange for their soul?                              —Matthew 16:26 Renowned coach Tom Landry once said, “My job is not very complicated, but it’s often very difficult. You see, my job is to get a group of men to do […]

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Words Heal and Words Hurt

By Joe Barnett / June 23, 2025 / Comments Off on Words Heal and Words Hurt

The tongue has the power of life and death.                          —Proverbs 18:21 “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” Everybody knows that’s not true. Vicious words hurt. Bad! The number one cause of teen suicide is verbal bullying. […]

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What’s Your Nickname?

By Joe Barnett / June 20, 2025 / Comments Off on What’s Your Nickname?

Joseph . . . whom the apostles called Barnabas.                                               —Acts 4:36 A nickname usually emphasizes a conspicuous feature—“Hey, Red.” “How’s it goin’, Slim?” “Hi, Lefty.” His name was Joseph, but you don’t […]

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Three Petitions

By Joe Barnett / June 19, 2025 / Comments Off on Three Petitions

Our Father in heaven.     —Matthew 6:9 The last half of the Lord’s Prayer in the New Living Translation reads: “Give us our food for today, and forgive us our sins . . . And don’t let us yield to temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” (Mt 6:11–13). Three brief petitions: Give […]

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Someday

By Joe Barnett / June 18, 2025 / Comments Off on Someday

Give us today our daily bread.              —Matthew 6:11 Leroy lived his entire adult life aiming at fulfillment “someday.” Someday his ship would come in. He fell for every scheme that came down the pike: This was the one! He was going to be rich—someday. He never lived a day […]

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It Happens to Everyone

By Joe Barnett / June 17, 2025 / Comments Off on It Happens to Everyone

There is no one righteous, not even one.                        —Romans 3:10 Failure is inclusive. No one is immune. Sometimes, it’s glaringly obvious: a dropped pass in the endzone, an onstage pratfall, an out-in-the-open sin. And sometimes, it’s hidden: you’re the only one who knows. But […]

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Press On

By Joe Barnett / June 16, 2025 / Comments Off on Press On

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.         —Isaiah 43:18 Instant replay: Whether the game-changer was, “How in the world did he do that?” or, “What a bonehead blunder!” it will be replayed again and again. Unless I miss my guess, you’re unmercifully replaying some of your wrongdoings on […]

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Failure Doesn’t Negate Faithfulness

By Joe Barnett / June 13, 2025 / Comments Off on Failure Doesn’t Negate Faithfulness

Simon son of John, do you love me?                               —John 21:17 Many a sermon has hammered Peter for his failures. He sank like a rock when fear trumped faith in his water-walking fiasco. He denied friendship with Jesus three times during […]

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Job’s Victory

By Joe Barnett / June 12, 2025 / Comments Off on Job’s Victory

In all of this, Job did not| sin by blaming God.            —Job 1:22 You won’t find a better man than Job: “[He] was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil” (Jb 1:1). Yet, he lost everything. His ranch was raided, his servants were killed, all ten of his […]

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