Today’s Walk in the Word

Give It Your Best Shot

By Joe Barnett / April 19, 2016 / Comments Off on Give It Your Best Shot

Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.      —Ecclesiastes 1:2 Solomon isn’t the only one who found life meaningless. Many are stranded in a life in which they find no pleasure or purpose. Take the gal that dropped out of high school and has been stuck in a minimum-wage dead-end job ever since. Or the doctor […]

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What’s Your Question?

By Joe Barnett / April 18, 2016 / Comments Off on What’s Your Question?

He who has ears to hear, let him hear.                                —Mark 4:9 Somewhere in those India paper pages of your Bible there is a question that is your question—probably the most important question of your life. We work ourselves into a […]

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In Remembrance of Me

By Joe Barnett / April 15, 2016 / Comments Off on In Remembrance of Me

Do this is remembrance of me.       —1 Corinthians 11:24 When Jesus met for his final Passover with his disciples he broke the bread and picked up the cup: “This is my body … my blood.” When you eat the bread and sip the cup in coming days, “Do this in remembrance of […]

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He Has Risen

By Joe Barnett / April 14, 2016 / Comments Off on He Has Risen

He is not here; he has risen.            —Matthew 28:6 Nuclear weapons in the wrong hands give us the jitters. Internet predators give us the willies. Shrill voices screeching that global warming is going to leave us with a scorched planet give us the sweats. Superbugs that thumb their noses at […]

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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem

By Joe Barnett / April 13, 2016 / Comments Off on O Jerusalem, Jerusalem

We are going up to Jerusalem.                —Mark 10:33 Jesus turned water into wine and sinners into saints. He empowered disciples and excoriated hypocrites. He walked on water and patched up paralytics. He preached all day and prayed all night. He healed the sick and raised the dead. But […]

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What We Need Most

By Joe Barnett / April 12, 2016 / Comments Off on What We Need Most

Your sins are forgiven.        —Luke 7:48 She dared to crash the party and wash Jesus’ feet with her tears. Accustomed to being scorned, she ignored the contempt of the Pharisee host. Jesus, too, brushed off the censure of the self-righteous host and said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.” Most commentators […]

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A Clash of Philosophies

By Joe Barnett / April 11, 2016 / Comments Off on A Clash of Philosophies

Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man.                          —Matthew 7:24 The world says: “The way to win is to follow your dreams.” Jesus says: “The way to win is to follow me.” The world […]

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A Day of Hellos and Goodbyes

By Joe Barnett / April 8, 2016 / Comments Off on A Day of Hellos and Goodbyes

Make the most of every opportunity.                    —Colossians 4:5 Today you will see everything for the first and the last time. You will see your grandchild for the first time, because it’s not the same child you saw yesterday; and the last time, because tomorrow the child […]

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Twenty-Six Letters

By Joe Barnett / April 7, 2016 / Comments Off on Twenty-Six Letters

All Scripture is God-breathed.            —2 Timothy 3:16 There is incredible power in the ABC’s, the 26 letters of our alphabet. Everything you learned in school was communicated to you through those 26 letters. Everything people say to you is made up of those 26 letters. Everything you know about God […]

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Our Father

By Joe Barnett / April 6, 2016 / Comments Off on Our Father

Our Father in heaven.      —Matthew 6:9 Most of us know The Lord’s Prayer by heart; a good thing, but putting us in danger of mouthing words without giving much thought to what we’re saying. What are we saying when we pray, “Your will be done”? We are saying we want God to do […]

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