Today’s Walk in the Word

Time for a Checkup?

By Joe Barnett / November 8, 2022 / Comments Off on Time for a Checkup?

Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.                            —Colossians 3:12 Are you up to date on your annual physical? I hope so. Many medical issues are solvable if detected early. “Too late” is a chilling diagnosis. Are you staying on top […]

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Home Sweet Home

By Joe Barnett / November 7, 2022 / Comments Off on Home Sweet Home

I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.                                   —Psalm 23:6 I met a waitress last night who wants to go to Columbia. That’s her home. Her family and friends are there. She misses them. She’s homesick. […]

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Only God is Great

By Joe Barnett / November 4, 2022 / Comments Off on Only God is Great

You are great and do wondrous deeds; You alone are God.             —Psalm 86:10 Louis XIV ruled France for seventy-two years and demanded that he be addressed as Louis the Great. He ordered that Notre Dame Cathedral be totally dark during his funeral service, except for one candle positioned above […]

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It’s Christ’s Church

By Joe Barnett / November 3, 2022 / Comments Off on It’s Christ’s Church

I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.                 —Matthew 16:18 He thinks you’re liberal because of what you allow. You think he’s narrow because of what he forbids. (Or vice versa.) There are issues where we don’t see eye-to-eye. Sometimes we […]

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Win the Gold

By Joe Barnett / November 2, 2022 / Comments Off on Win the Gold

Run in such a way as to get the prize.                —1 Corinthians 9:24 On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister reached what track and field experts considered unreachable: he ran a sub-four-minute mile. His time was 3:59.4. Since then, the four-minute barrier has been eclipsed by 1,497 runners. Steve […]

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Jesus Came Looking for You

By Joe Barnett / November 1, 2022 / Comments Off on Jesus Came Looking for You

[Jesus] shared in [our] humanity.                       —Hebrews 2:14 Here are two verses that describe Jesus’ search for you: “The Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost” (Lk 19:10). “The Word [Jesus] became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (Jn […]

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Warnings

By Joe Barnett / October 31, 2022 / Comments Off on Warnings

Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise.       —Proverbs 22:17 Flashing lights. Boom gates. Locomotive horns. It’s risky to ignore railroad crossing warnings. There are many warning signs in the Bible that have nothing to do with railroad crossings. Here’s a sampling from Proverbs. About arrogance: “Never let yourself think […]

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One Day at a Time

By Joe Barnett / October 28, 2022 / Comments Off on One Day at a Time

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?”        —Ecclesiastes 7:10 The “good old days” weren’t all they’re cracked up to be. The paradise that we remember has been embellished by imagination. In any case, those days are long gone. Living one day at a time has much to commend […]

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Potpourri

By Joe Barnett / October 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Potpourri

Preserve sound judgment and discernment.                               —Proverbs 3:21 Here’s a little bouquet of aphorisms I’ve gathered for you from previous posts in this space. Failure will rarely come because I try and fail, but because I fail to try. I don’t […]

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I Ought To

By Joe Barnett / October 26, 2022 / Comments Off on I Ought To

What kind of people ought you to be?                         —2 Peter 3:11 Oswald Chambers wrote: “Every moral question or call comes with an ‘ought’ behind it.” One way to deal with an “ought to” is to numb the conscience so it’s no longer a […]

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