Today’s Walk in the Word

A quick-tempered person does foolish things.                                 —Proverbs 14:17 Questions we ask ourselves help govern our lives. I’ll post one of those questions for each of the next four days. Question number one: Is giving vent to anger going to […]

He who answers before listening— that is his folly and his shame.             —Proverbs 18:13 “The first duty of love is to listen,” wrote theologian Paul Tillich. Think you have nothing to give? You do—your undivided attention. In The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck wrote, “You cannot truly listen […]

I am willing to accept whatever he wants.                                    —Luke 1:38 Mary was preparing for her marriage. She intended to make her nest in Nazareth and live out her life there among family and friends. Then came the knock […]

Consider carefully how you listen.                         —Luke 8:18 If we only view the Bible as history—a collection of events that happened hundreds of years ago—we become spectator readers. One way to avoid this and feel a first-century sizzle is to confront the questions Jesus […]

Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.                                 —Luke 8:8 Jesus’ teachings were often posed as questions. His hearers, if they would answer, became self-taught as they examined themselves under the searchlight of those questions. Most of the questions […]

Be kind and compassionate to one another. —Ephesians 4:32 Taxi driver Ken Nerburn picked up his last fare for the day, a frail woman in her 90s. She gave him her destination address, then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?” “It’s not the shortest way,” he said. “I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on […]

A friend loves at all times.        —Proverbs 17:17 A true friend is tolerant. He avoids passing judgment; overlooks flaws and failures. A true friend is unselfish. She isn’t self-centered; doesn’t have to be the focus of attention. With her, it’s not always “me;” it’s more often “you.” A true friend is concerned. […]

Because I live, you also will live.                      —John 14:19 Jesus’ victory over death was “Game won.” Death tried to stop him but couldn’t. “I will build my church, and the gates of Hades (the power of death) will not be able to defeat it” (Mt […]

He can’t save himself.   —Matthew 27:42 “The chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. ‘He saved others,’ they said, ‘but he can’t save himself . . .  Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him’” (Mt 27:41–42). “He saved others, but he can’t […]

Come down from the cross.           —Matthew 27:40 “Those who passed by hurled insults at [Jesus], shaking their heads and saying, ‘You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!’” (Mt. 27:39–40). […]