Today’s Walk in the Word

You made the heavens … and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them.                                                          —Nehemiah […]

Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees.                                                    —Ezra 7:10 Various translations of this text emphasize three things […]

We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you. —2 Chronicles 20:12 Hitler’s minions were put in charge of the German Protestant Reich Church in 1933 by rigged election. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a brilliant young theologian, vocally opposed the Nazi regime—a losing battle in the sense that he was imprisoned in 1943 […]

Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you.                                    —1 Chronicles 22:16 There is something you need to do, right? You intend to do it, and have been promising yourself that you will. But you haven’t. Why? […]

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.                       —1 Chronicles 16:34 A mannerly child is lovely, but every parent knows that it takes a lot of teaching and training to produce one. When something nice has been done or something good has been […]

Put your house in order,because you are going to die.                                                           —2 Kings 20:1 If your doctor said, “You have six months to live,” would your priorities […]

His heart was not fully devoted to the Lord.                                         —1 Kings 11:4 “They can’t finish!” is a frequent beef when a sports team is on a losing streak. They start strong, but sputter to a […]

You are the man! —2 Samuel 12:7 David was livid. Nathan had just told him about the despicable act of a rich rancher. Instead of butchering one of his hundreds of head of livestock, when it came time to set the table for a visiting friend he climbed the fence and stole the only lamb […]

The battle is the Lord’s. —1 Samuel 17:47 Once upon a time a shepherd boy with a sling and five rocks faced-off with a giant. You’re not jumping to the end of this entry to see what happened, because you already know. It’s a well-known story about a nearly-unarmed, nearly-naked kid taking on a nine-foot, […]

This day the Lord will hand you over to me.                                  —1 Samuel 17:46 If David had known that for thousands of years he would be praised as a hero for his skirmish with Goliath, he would have protested—because the […]