Today’s Walk in the Word

By your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.                               —Matthew 12:37 At a performance of Shakespear’s Twelfth Night, Kim Peek, a savant who had memorized all of Shakespeare’s plays, shouted, “Stop it!” The actor, […]

Be kind and compassionate to one another.                          —Ephesians 4:32 My father was the unofficial greeter at his church. He arrived early, assumed his post, gave a handshake, a smile, and a “God bless you” to everyone who came through the door. As the […]

Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord.                                —2 Peter 3:18 When you reached your grown-up physical height—somewhere between age 15 and 20—you were as tall as you would ever be. But spiritual growth continues for a lifetime. Or […]

He went in to stay with them.                 —Luke 24:29 Sensing that Jesus was going to cast them out of a possessed man, the demons begged Jesus not to destroy them but instead to give them a new home in a nearby herd of pigs. Ergo, the possessed […]

Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees.                                                  —Ezra 7:10 Various translations of this text emphasize three things about […]

Weren’t ten men healed? Where are the other nine?          —Luke 17:17 Their situation was hopeless. They were lepers—ten of them, grasping at straws when they approached Jesus. He sent them on their way, and as they were going, they were healed. One of them turned in his tracks, came to Jesus, […]

Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith.    —2 Corinthians 13:5 While Bob and Eloise were having breakfast, they looked out the kitchen window and saw their new neighbor hanging clothes out to dry. Eloise said, “That laundry is dirty.” For several days, every time their neighbor hung clothes on the […]

[Nothing] in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God.                   —Romans 8:39 I was pulled kicking and screaming into the personal computer age. Now it’s the first thing I turn on in the morning and the last thing I turn off […]

Close the door and pray to your Father.                             —Matthew 6:6 Abraham was alone when God told him he would make him into a great nation (Gn 12:1–3). Jacob was alone when God renamed him Israel (Gn 32:24–28). Moses was alone when […]

We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.    —2 Chronicles 20:12 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a brilliant young theologian, vocally opposed Hitler’s regime—a losing battle in the sense that he was imprisoned in 1943 and hanged in 1945. Bonhoeffer’s favorite verse was, “We do not know what to do, but our […]