Walkup's Walkabout

It was such a seemingly harmless request of James and John.  “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”  We too h...

The danger for the Christian is not that he or she might fall into terrible sin.  It is that the comfort of one’s own goodness and intel...

We are mistaken if we think repentance is feeling badly about what we have done.  The man or woman who wakes up demoralized by the resul...

Can we bear a bit of honesty?  The Church has as a whole forgotten to pray.  We organize meals, put together events, talk extensively ab...

Have you ever been confounded by some lack of a particular spiritual experience…felt impoverished some way in your life with God?    No on...

What constitutes spirituality?  Is it an interest in religious matters?  Is it  the capacity to tease out the main idea in a Biblical te...

Is it wrong to want others to like us, to value us and respect us?  Should it not be a noble goal to have people speak highly of us at o...

What makes you so certain you have all the facts?  Do you know everything you need to know when you make your decisions?  Are you clear ...

There is with each of us a great mountain of unexplored territory.  Our personality is beyond our grasp, even the smallest parts of it. ...

The moment we begin to dwell upon ourselves, our mental state, our condition, our circumstances, our finances, the things we have or wan...

Why do the ramifications of being born again startle us?  When a child is born into a family, it is a complete revelation to the home, a r...

Have you come to the spot where you notice something wrong with another person?  Do you see clearly that person’s flaws, moral inadequac...

The God twitch is a spontaneous turning of one’s spasmodic concentration to God.  It is the sudden, spontaneous reaction to the Holy Spir...

There are times when we are irritated and irritable and nothing satisfies us.  We are unhappy with ourselves and unhappy with everyone  ...

When David danced wildly before the Lord as the Ark was being brought into Jerusalem, he offended his wife Michal.  In hindsight, most of ...

How many times do we make an assessment or give a justification for some action of ours or inaction and frame it as an indisputable fact...

The Great Moment of our "turn around" is never at the spot when everything changes but at the point at which we decide for God. ...

D o you know a "hard case", someone who is so far from God that he seems to be impossibly lost?  Have you come across the soul w...

It is one thing to choose Jesus Christ for your salvation; another matter altogether to decide He is Lord.  We circumvent the question  by...

The most gracious work of God that occurs for the developing believer is the realization he is inconsequential.  His knowledge base is min...