Today’s Walk in the Word

He chose us in him before the creation of the world.      —Ephesians 1:4 John tells us that Jesus was with God in the beginning and had his hand in creation: “Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.” Paul tells what happened before creation: “He chose […]

Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.                            —Proverbs 19:21 Charles Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities, was about an era that included the French Revolution. Some terribly bad things happened in those […]

This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.                        —1 John 5:4 Woodrow Wilson said, “I would rather fail in a cause that I know some day will triumph, than win in a cause that I know some day will fail.” […]

The true light … was coming into the world.                                      —John 1:9 July 20, 1969, is etched in history: the day Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the moon. More than 600 million people watched as Neil Armstrong became […]

He has risen! He is not here.               —Mark 16:6 It was in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel classifieds … “Used tombstone for sale: real bargain for someone named Dingo.” OK, my curiosity piqued … I would really like to know who Dingo was and why the tombstone where they […]

In the same way you judge others, you will be judged.        —Matthew 7:1 On boarding the cruise ship he was given the location of his cabin and the name of his cabin mate. After checking out both, he went to the purser’s quarters and asked if he could leave his watch and […]

Who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive?                        —1 Corinthians 4:7 The Fortune 500 CEO was picking up a prescription at the pharmacy when he saw his wife talking to a drugstore employee she had dated […]

Love your neighbor as yourself.                    —James 2:8 According to a Wall Street Journal article, the average American commits three crimes a day, unknowingly violating some of the more than 300,000 federal laws. The U.S. Tax Code alone weighs in at over 60,000 pages. You have to […]

A cheerful heart is good medicine.               —Proverbs 17:22 In The Hiding Place Corrie ten Boom introduces us to Bep, a bitter old woman who had come to live with them. Bep constantly compares the flaws of the ten Booms to the perfection of the Wallers, with whom she […]

Justified freely by his grace.            —Romans 3:24 Marilyn vos Savant, long-time Ask Marilyn columnist for Parade Magazine, nailed the highest I.Q. score ever recorded at the time—228. It’s brash for someone with a two-digit I.Q. to challenge Marilyn, but here goes … “Sometimes,” she wrote, “I just wish that we […]