Today’s Walk in the Word

We spend our years as a tale that is told.                                 —Psalm 90:9 Reading fiction is an adventure, a guessing game. For hundreds of pages, a good fiction writer will keep you wondering, “How will it end?” Sometimes it ends […]

Be able to stand your ground.                —Ephesians 6:13 When hurricane season approaches in my neck of the woods, billboards scream, “Be Prepared.” Citizens are urged to do two things: 1) prepare a kit of essential supplies; 2) plan a route and destination in case of forced evacuation. The […]

O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever.      —Psalm 30:12 Today thank God for deliverance. Your biopsy revealed a malignancy, but they caught it in time. Your child was in a serious accident, but she survived. Your spouse was wheeled into the operating room with a less-than-hopeful outcome, but the surgery […]

Make it your goal to lead a peaceful life, mind your own business.  —1 Thessalonians 4:11 We know what the government should do, what the editor should do, what the church should do—what Tom, Dick, and Harry should do. When someone is accused of being self-centered, it isn’t intended as a compliment. Nevertheless, I cast […]

Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.                      —1 John 3:16 American Indians were creative in shielding their settlements from the prairie fires that were common on the frontier. They protected their property by setting fire to the dry grass adjoining their encampments. Fire cannot […]

Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart.       —Hebrews 3:13 Here are a few things that happened on this day in history: 1848: The women’s suffrage movement was launched in Seneca Falls, New York. 1923: Insulin was introduced as a remedy for Diabetes. 1969: Apollo 11 prepared for the […]

The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping.                           —Acts 12:6 Seeing that putting James to death pleased the Jews, the politically savvy Herod Agrippa pegged Peter as his next victim. So, he had him arrested and jailed—bound […]

Blessed are all who wait for him.                      —Isaiah 30:18 You have prayed earnestly. Urgently. Pleadingly. But you have received no response—at least none that you can see. Feel familiar? Don’t quit believing, and don’t stop praying. Delay doesn’t mean denial; presently unanswered doesn’t mean permanently […]

If sinners entice you, do not consent.                     —Proverbs 1:10 Temptation can’t be escaped, but it can be resisted. James timelines the progression from the initial temptation to spiritual death this way: temptation, enticement, conception, sin, death (Jas 1:14–15). God doesn’t provide a way of escape […]

Our God is full of compassion.              —Psalm 116:5 When Francis Shaeffer was a college freshman, one of his professors told him, “This is the best philosophy paper I’ve ever read, but it’s the worst spelling. I can’t pass you.” Shaeffer, who couldn’t spell due to severe dyslexia, replied, “Sir, […]