Today’s Walk in the Word

The blood of Jesus Christ … cleanses us from all sin.        —1 John 1:7 Martin Luther had a dream in which he saw a hideous fiend writing his sins on the walls of his room. Sins of thought, word, and deed. Known sins and secret sins. When the ogre was done Martin […]

You ought to live holy and godly lives.                          —2 Peter 3:11 When Ludwig Nobel died in 1888 a French journalist mistakenly thought the deceased was Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, and posted a front-page story calling him, “The dynamite king! Merchant of […]

Grace and peace be yours in abundance.                             —2 Peter 1:2 A greeting of “peace” appears near the beginning of all but four New Testament letters. The God of peace gives you gifts of peace. Here are four of them … The […]

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.          —1 Peter 5:7 The Living Bible translates today’s text this way: “Let him have all your worries and cares, for he is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you.” God is concerned about your concerns. He wants […]

Christ died for sins once for all.                —1 Peter 3:18 The call from his son was urgent. He was behind on his mortgage payments and had received notice of foreclosure unless full remittance was received by 10 o’clock the following morning. So dad overnighted a check to the […]

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult.                                        —1 Peter 3:9 Once a word is spoken it can’t be called back. Damage done by harsh words can’t be undone. Churches are split, feelings are […]

Be compassionate and humble.              —1 Peter 3:8 Those who think highly of themselves would be shocked to find that others aren’t all that impressed. No matter how rich and famous they are, the size of the crowd at their funeral will pretty much depend on the weather. Arrogance is […]

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree.      —1 Peter 2:24 As the two outgunned soldiers ran for cover an exploding grenade caught one in mid-stride, mangling his right leg. His cohort jumped on top of him, shielding him from gunfire with his own body. It cost him his life. […]

You are a chosen people.         —1 Peter 2:9 Rejection hurts. The boy that was always last to be chosen for the team never forgets it. Neither does the girl who navigated high school years without once being asked for a date. Peanuts comic strips made Charles Schulz rich and famous, but he […]

Just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do.       —1 Peter 1:15 The root meaning of the word “holy” (hágios) is “different.” William Barclay notes that the Temple was hágios because it was different from other buildings; the Sabbath was hágios because it was different from […]