Walt Albritton Articles

Alter Call | June 27, 2024

He's alive and I'm forgiven OPINION — Jesus died on Friday, so Saturday was a terrible day for those who had loved Jesus. God was silent on that dreadful Saturday. Jesus’ dead body lay in a dark, cold tomb. Hope had been swallowed up by sadness.The frightened...

Alter Call | June 20, 2024

Men Jesus can count on OPINION — Recently a pastor invited me to participate in a remarkable experience in his church on the outskirts of Opelika. Craig Lee is the pastor of the church which for decades was known as Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church. Having...

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You give them something to eat OPINION — Jesus was sad. Word had come to him of the beheading of his cousin, John the Baptist, a man he loved and admired. He wanted time alone to pray. But that seemed impossible; crowds of people were clamoring to hear him preach and...

Alter Call

Servants or stars OPINION — Despite his prominent leadership role in the early church, the Apostle Paul was never guilty of pomposity. Not once did he insist that fellow Christians think of him as the “Big Cheese.” He never asked for a dime to erect anything that...
Best Medicine for Loneliness

Best Medicine for Loneliness

By WALTER ALBRITTON Kind friends often express concern for me by saying, “I know you have missed Dean this year.” Those caring words remind me of...

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Best Medicine for Loneliness

Be Strong and Courageous

By WALTER ALBRITTON Find my wife’s grave in the old cemetery in Wetumpka and beside her grave you will see a stone bench. It was placed there by a...

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Best Medicine for Loneliness

Oh, That’s Good!

By WALTER ALBRITTON A man told me that finally he had decided to read the Bible – from Genesis through Revelation. “But pray for me,” he said;...

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Best Medicine for Loneliness

Do It Anyway

By WALTER ALBRITTON In my twenties, when I was struggling to learn to write, a friend said to me, “Walter, you quote too many people; why don’t you...

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