Today’s Walk in the Word

Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up.       —Acts 3:7 One afternoon Peter and John went to the temple, where they encountered a cripple who asked them for money. Peter told him, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of […]

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.                            —Mark 4:7 Jesus told a story about a farmer scattering seed in his field. Same seed. Different soil. Different results. He said the seed is the word, and the soils […]

Do not remove the ancient landmark which your fathers have set.            —Proverbs 22:28 I’m looking at a portrait of my father. In many ways, my world is very different from his. Fashions and fads have changed. Ways of communication have changed. But I’m thinking of the problems and poverty he […]

Of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.     —Genesis 28:22 Jacob had cheated his brother and deceived his father, so he was hightailing it out of town. Bedded down for the night at his campsite, he had a dream, and God was in it. So Jacob made a vow: […]

Deliver us from evil.    —Matthew 6:13 Frances Comer, wife of preacher/author John Comer, had a habit of jotting notes in her Bible—words from prayers or sermons that inspired her gentle heart. Thumbing through her Bible one day, she called out to John, “Listen to what Henry Lowe prayed in October 1999: ‘Lord, help us […]

Your will be done.   —Matthew 6:10 “Your will be done” is one of the most difficult prayers to pray. More often than not, we pray for our will to be done. That is, we pray for what we want, and ask God to make it happen. It’s not easy to want God’s will to […]

The word of the Lord endures forever.                        —1 Peter 1:25 “God said it, I believe it, that settles it.” That’s what the bumper sticker said. It gave me a warm feeling. I appreciated the sentiment. But it was wrong. The veracity of what God […]

When I am lifted up from the earth, [I] will draw all people to myself.                   —John 12:32 The Murderer Jesus died on the cross that allegedly was intended for Barabbas, a murderer. There is no biblical or reliable historical account of what happened to Barabbas after […]

Anyone who knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, is sinning.               —James 4:17 Jesus had harsh words for three towns: “Woe to you Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum!” (Mt 11:21, 23). He even said the sorry cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Sodom were better than […]

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing.                —Romans 15:13 There’s a lot wrong with our world that we can’t fix. Hyperventilating about it is paralyzing and fruitless. Eventually, good will outweigh bad. It may take time. And a few election cycles. […]