Today’s Walk in the Word

I know whom I have believed.             —2 Timothy 1:12 The apostle Paul was transparent about his spiritual weaknesses (Rom 7:14–25). But there is magnetic power in his certainties. He speaks of them with unshakable confidence: I know whom I have believed (2 Tm 1:12) I know that the Spirit […]

The body is not made up of one part but of many.  —1 Corinthians 12:14 Charlie Grimm spent most of his baseball career as player and then manager of the Chicago Cubs. A scout for the Cubs called Charlie one day, so excited he could hardly talk. “Charlie, I’ve been watching the greatest young pitcher […]

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.                             —John 15:13 When a 200 mph tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri, Bethany Lansaw’s husband, Don, covered her body with his to protect her from flying […]

God will meet all your needs.          —Philippians 4:19 Joseph, Job, and Jesus defined trust by declaring it, not when things were wonderfully good, but when things were terribly bad: Joseph: “You intended to harm me but God intended it for Good” (Gn 50:20). Job: “Though he slay me, yet will I […]

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.                 —James 1:1 An ossuary was a twenty-inches-long and eleven-inches-wide limestone box that was commonly used in New Testament times to store the bones of the deceased. Perhaps you heard about the one that created such a […]

If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.                   —James 4:15 “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money” (James 4:13). My friend Allen Isbell has noted six […]

You do not have, because you do not ask God.                 —James 4:2 When we don’t pray, the door remains closed: “You do not have, because you do not ask.” And when we do pray, the door still remains closed to wrongly-motivated prayer: “You do not receive, because […]

Do not slander one another.                 —James 4:11 Do you ever bad-mouth a sister or brother? If so, I have it on good authority that you need to cut it out. “Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or […]

In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice.     —Psalm 5:3 Paul got into a terrible mess in Ephesus: “We were really crushed and overwhelmed, and feared we would never live through it. We felt we were doomed to die and saw how powerless we were to help ourselves; but that was good, […]

You are the God who sees me.              —Genesis 16:13 License plate recognition cameras are perched on toll booth canopies in Houston. Thinking they could game the system, six non-paying scofflaws amassed debts of more than $30,000; the most egregious violator racked up $46,000. Some people, edgy about judgment, think […]