Today’s Walk in the Word

We had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel.              —Luke 24:21 Do you have some failed hopes in your relationship with Jesus? “We had hoped,” said the depressed Emmaus disciples, “that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel.” But he hadn’t […]

Jesus himself came up and walked along with them.          —Luke 24:15 The two downcast disciples didn’t recognize Jesus when he joined them on their trek to Emmaus. Maybe it was because they didn’t expect to see him. After all, he was dead; crucified last Friday. Jesus travels with us on our […]

Feed my sheep.   —John 21:17 Seven disciples had fished all night and were wasted. Jesus cooked a meal, set a table, and invited them to breakfast. After breakfast, Jesus and Peter took a walk. Three times Jesus asked Peter if he loved him. Three times Peter said yes. And three times Jesus said, “Feed […]

Not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed.                  —Joshua 23:14 People sometimes make promises they fail to keep. When God makes a promise he always keeps it. We choose to believe—or not believe—his promises and him who makes them. We’ve […]

Your ears will hear a voice . . . saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”           —Isaiah 30:21 In Genesis 3, God shows up walking in Eden in the cool of the day. But there is nothing there, or anywhere else in the thousand or so pages of your […]

God so loved the world that he gave . . .                          —John 3:16 Here’s a bouquet of verses to remind us of what the Lord gave before we ever put a penny in the plate. To all who received him, to those who […]

Do not be afraid, for I am with you.                             —Isaiah 43:5 The Legend of Bagger Vance is a movie about Rannulph Junah, favorite son and famous golfer of Savannah, Georgia. In a highly publicized tournament, Junah, traumatized by war memories, is […]

Naked a man comes from his mother’s womb, and as he comes, so he departs.        —Ecclesiastes 5:15 There are only two things we can worry about: things we control, and things we don’t. It’s unreasonable to worry about things we control because if we control them we can change them. It’s equally […]

These are the names of the twelve apostles.                        —Matthew 10:2 There was Peter the rock, Judas the traitor—and ten others named between those two (Mt 10:2–4). Jesus left his church in the hands of these twelve, minus one. We know almost nothing about most […]

Repent and be baptized . . . for the forgiveness of your sins.                —Acts 2:38 Here’s the sequence: sin . . . guilt . . . punishment. Guilt follows sin; punishment follows guilt. Then there’s this: forgiveness follows obedience. The Greek word for forgiveness means “sending away.” When […]