Walt Albritton Articles

I Was Speechless

BY WALT ALBRITTON For years I have smiled at the embarrassment of the Pharisees when Jesus left them speechless. The gospels tell of many instances when Jesus, while eating a meal with a prominent Pharisee, asked questions that silenced his self-righteous host and...

Planting Alleluias in a Child’s Heart

BY WALT ALBRITTON RELIGION —A woman of my acquaintance loved this poem and often quoted it as she shared her faith with others:"Greenless Child"by Ann WeemsI watched her go uncelebrated into the second grade,A greenless child,Gray among the orange and yellow,Attached...

A Better Question

RELIGION — Published in 1896, the book "In His Steps" by Charles M. Sheldon has sold more than 50 million copies. One of the best-selling books of all time, it is based entirely on the question “What Would Jesus Do?” A Congregationalist pastor in Topeka, Kansas,...

What Jesus Loved Doing

RELIGION — In the year 1224, in a small Italian town, Theodora and Landulf gave birth to a little boy. They named him Thomas. He would become known as Thomas Aquinas, though Aquinas is not a family name but an indicator of his birthplace. As Thomas grew up, no one in...

Sometimes Wounded and Weary

By WALTER ALBRITTON After the death of Moses, God revealed to Joshua that he was the new leader of the Israelites. The Bible does not describe how...

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Why I Have Read the Same Devotional Book for 60 Years

Offer Mercy, Not Judgment

By WALTER ALBRITTON A man came off the street into my study one day, having asked to “see the preacher.” His appearance was so bad I did not ask him...

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Why I Have Read the Same Devotional Book for 60 Years

Get Up and Make a New Start

By WALTER ALBRITTON Sick and tired of the way things are going? Well, don’t feel like the Lone Ranger. Everybody has bad days. Days when you feel...

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Why I Have Read the Same Devotional Book for 60 Years

Breaking Free from the Past 

By WALTER ALBRITTON Mistakes are inevitable. We all blunder. So the big question is not how can we avoid mistakes but how can we avoid living in...

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Why I Have Read the Same Devotional Book for 60 Years

Don’t Give Up! Persevere!

By WALTER ALBRITTON The word “persevere” is seldom used in everyday conversations. If we want to encourage a struggling friend, we are more apt to...

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Why I Have Read the Same Devotional Book for 60 Years

We Met in the Cemetery

By WALTER ALBRITTON Thursday, Dec. 16, was the first anniversary of the death of my wife, Dean. As we neared that date, my four sons, their wives...

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Why I Have Read the Same Devotional Book for 60 Years

If You Say So

By WALTER ALBRITTON Luke tells about a time when Jesus was standing by the lake teaching the word God to a crowd of people who were eagerly...

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