Today’s Walk in the Word

Consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials.                            —James 1:2 On its face, today’s text sounds loony. It’s a stretch to find anything joyful about trials. James doesn’t encourage us to go looking for trials—he just tells […]

Bear one another’s burdens.             —Galatians 6:2 Name a person in your church who you’re always happy to see. I bet it’s someone who has mastered the “one another” verses in the New Testament. There are more than fifty of them. Here’s a sampling. Be at peace with one another […]

The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.                              —Job 1:21 Blameless. Upright. Honors God. Avoids evil. That’s Job’s God-stated Bio (Jb 1:8). Job had a big family, lots of land and livestock, […]

I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.          —Philippians 4:11 One of the most significant decisions you make each day is your choice of attitude. Your attitude is more important than where you live, what you drive, or your bank balance. More important than your pedigree, your education, or your […]

Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.      —Luke 6:21 The COVID pandemic dished out many grim months. I want to call a time-out today for a grin. If you’re not in a cheerful mood and don’t want to take this break with me, I understand. Just skip this post and […]

Her children arise and call her blessed.                        —Proverbs 31:28 Cain was the first baby to be born. When Eve held him in her arms, she said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man” (Gn 4:1). You, dear mother, may […]

Stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong.    —1 Corinthians 16:13 In The Mind of Watergate, Dr. Leo Rangell explores what he calls “the compromise of integrity.” The book provides the transcript of a verbal exchange between Senator Howard Baker and Herbert Porter, a campaign aide who pleaded guilty to lying to the […]

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins.                        —1 John 1:9 Instant replay eliminated missing a game-changer. Any dazzling “How-did-he-do-that?” feat will be replayed on your screen again and again—and again in slow motion. The flip side is […]

The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.            —Luke 19:10 On February 18, 1952, the SS Pendleton was snapped in half in a gale ten miles off the Massachusetts coast. Forty-one sailors were trapped inside the ship’s sinking stern. When word of the disaster reached the […]

[Whoever] does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God.                               —2 John 9 In 1820, ex-president Thomas Jefferson took a razor blade and sliced out portions of the New Testament that he found distasteful. He deleted all […]