Today’s Walk in the Word

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 […]

You have put all my sins behind your back.                                  —Isaiah 38:17 Read the following and rejoice . . . As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us (Ps 103:12). […]

Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.      —Hebrews 10:17 “I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more” (Jer 31:34 ESV). Thank God we live on this side of that promise. The sacrifices of the old covenant “were not able to clear the conscience,” but were […]

Teach us to number our days aright.                          —Psalm 90:12 A guy named Albert perched on the same barstool in a Pub in Buffalo, NY, every night the last twenty years of his life. Even though he was there every night, no one really […]

Say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.”            —Hebrews 13:6 The author of Hebrews is big on the Christian living confidently . . . He urges us to “hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory” (3:6). He exhorts us to […]

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.                                —Matthew 5:10 It’s a jarring jump from peacemaking to persecution. But there is an unavoidable clash when irreconcilable value systems intersect. An anything-goes culture […]

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.               —Matthew 5:9 It is appropriate that “Blessed are the peacemakers” follows “Blessed are the pure in heart,” for “the wisdom that comes from God is first of all pure; then peaceful” (Jas 3:17 NCV). In country, […]