Today’s Walk in the Word

If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.         —John 8:36 Thomas Paine’s The Age of Reason didn’t—and doesn’t—sit well with Christians. The book argued that the miracle stories in the Bible are nothing but myths. It hammered institutional religion in general and Christianity in particular. Thomas rejected the […]

My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love.                         —Colossians 2:2 Life isn’t a sprint; it’s a marathon—a long, demanding race. Someone needs your encouragement to negotiate it—to endure, achieve, finish. Encouragement has tremendous power. Here is a […]

I must leave the fruits of my hard work to others.       —Ecclesiastes 2:18 “There is a time to be born and a time to die” (Eccl 3:2). When that last “time” comes, you’re going to leave your stuff behind—all of it. That troubled Solomon: “I must leave the fruits of my hard […]

Be persistent in prayer.      —Colossians 4:2 British author G.K. Chesterton wrote: “You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the play and the opera, and grace before the concert and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming; and grace before I dip […]

From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind.            —Psalm 33:13 The approach for landing was a bumpy ride. Across the aisle, a tiny elderly lady sat next to a very nervous young man who looked like he could bench press an 18-wheeler. She patted his hand and said, […]

Let the peace that Christ gives control your thinking.    —Colossians 3:15 A seething attitude is toxic, poisoning from inside out. It contaminates relationships and sabotages happiness, turning life into a mental garbage dump. Take control of your attitude. Someone hurt your feelings, broke your heart, shattered your dreams. Let it go. However badly you […]

If only I may finish the race and complete the task.       —Acts 20:24 On December 26, 2018, Colin O’Brady completed the first solo, unassisted crossing of Antarctica. The 932-mile journey took fifty-four days. In his book, The Impossible First, Colin wrote of the icy trek: “I was [fully immersed in the endeavor] […]

Always be ready, because you don’t know the day or the hour.             —Matthew 25:13 My longtime friend was dying. I flew to Phoenix to say goodbye. We spent three days reminiscing—laughed a lot, cried a little. When I walked out of his front door, I knew I had seen […]

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.                  —1 Corinthians 11:1 My father was a handyman; he could fix anything. When that gene got to me, it decided to skip a generation. I’m okay with that—what I want is the gene that defined his character. The […]

Soon our days are gone.          —Psalm 90:10 On December 31, 2016, scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center added a leap second to the year to adjust to “precise” time, delaying the arrival of 2017 by one second. “Millisecond accuracy is crucial for collision avoidance with satellites,” said project scientist Dean […]