Today’s Walk in the Word
What is impossible with men is possible with God. —Luke 18:27 Over seventy years ago, J.B. Phillips wrote a book titled Your God Is Too Small. In it, he sketched common conceptions (or misconceptions) of God, one […]
Read MorePeople are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment. —Hebrews 9:27 “All who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who done what is evil will rise to be condemned” (Jn […]
Read MoreThere is nothing new under the sun. —Ecclesiastes 1:9 Automobiles, airplanes, telephones, and personal computers bring to mind the names of Henry Ford, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Alexander Graham Bell, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Medical advances are stunning: vaccines, drugs, surgical procedures, gene sequencing—the list […]
Read MoreDo this in remembrance of me. —1 Corinthians 11:24 On the night of his betrayal, Jesus hosted his final Passover meal with his disciples, at which time he inaugurated the Lord’s Supper: “Whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup,” he said, “do it in remembrance of me.” Later, in Gethsemane, he […]
Read More[He] bore our sins in his body on the cross. —1 Peter 2:24 In Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress dream, he saw Christian at the slough of Despond: “Because of the burden on his back, Christian began to sink.” Later: “At the top […]
Read MoreCast your burden on the Lord, And He shall sustain you. —Psalm 55:22 “There are some burdens we must bear alone,” goes the saying. It sure seems that way sometimes, doesn’t it? But at the deepest and most encouraging level, it isn’t true. The New International Version has Psalm 68:19 this […]
Read MoreLet the little children come to me. —Luke 18:16 A fictional story pictures a famous architect gazing proudly at his magnificent, just-completed cathedral. Then, his eye is drawn to a scrawny waif at his elbow. Abused? Abandoned? Homeless? If he had to make a […]
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