Walkup's Walkabout

A year is full of promise.  Everything is new and fresh about the days coming because "anything can happen" in them and yet we a...

Obedience—The Great Uncovering Step 2 Genesis 28:16 NIV When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, "Surely the Lord is in t...

There is an amazingly casual quality to the description of the birth of Christ.  It is just there without fanfare or histrionics.  The c...

Obedience—The Great Uncovering Luke 1: 18 NIV  Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this?  I am an old man and my wife i...

Salvation Doing Matthew 19:16-17 NIV  Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal ...

The problem with Christianity is not in the audacious claims made by it.  Everything about Christianity is really quite reasonable and log...

Loss Syndrome Luke 17:32-33 NIV Remember Lot's wife!  Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life wi...

There is the admonition today to "be yourself", to "believe in yourself", to "trust yourself".   All this ...

Perception Jeremiah 1:11 NIV  The word of the Lord came to me: "What do you see, Jeremiah?" "I see the branch of an...

Have you considered what spiritual forces are all about you?  It seems so proper and sophisticated to disregard them and pretend spiritual...

Fear of God Proverbs 9:10 NIV The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. D...