Walt Albritton Articles

Alter Call | May 23, 2024

We all need balcony people OPINION — Rejection is painful. Wrapped in cruelty, it can wound and even destroy relationships. Affirmation, on the other hand, strengthens relationships. In a world so broken by violence and rejection, affirmation wrapped in love becomes a...

Alter Call | May 16, 2024

One Great Romance One of my favorite Bible verses is Revelation 3:20: Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.In personal evangelism I have used this verse many times to...

Alter Call | May 9, 2024

The sound of those crutches OPINION — Now that walking is impossible for me without the use of a walker, it helps to remember friends who endured far worse physical pain without complaining. Their example inspires me to cease whining about a minor inconvenience on my...

Jesus changed him

OPINION — The New Testament story of a man named Saul is an awesome example of the life-changing power of Jesus. In the days following the resurrection of Jesus, Saul is busy arresting Christians and putting them in jail. But his mission to thwart the Christian...
I Know God Can’t Forgive Me

I Know God Can’t Forgive Me

RELIGION — I can hardly begin to describe the countless ways God has blessed me. He let me be born to godly parents and grow up with four siblings...

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I Know God Can’t Forgive Me

The Power of Forgiveness

RELIGION — Frederick Buechner wrote wisely about the power of forgiveness. He said, “When somebody you have wronged forgives you, you are spared the...

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I Know God Can’t Forgive Me

A Compliment I Did Not Deserve

RELIGION — A phone call at night woke me. “Would you like for me to drive you over to Seth’s home?” It was Amy, my son Steve’s wife, calling. “Why?”...

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I Know God Can’t Forgive Me

My Boat Is So Small

RELIGION — It was a simple statement. On a plaque in a friend’s office. Just 13 words: “O God, Thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.” I...

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I Know God Can’t Forgive Me

I Went to the Cemetery

RELIGION — It was her birthday, June 4. She would have been 91. My son Tim, a forester, took me to the cemetery — the old one, in Wetumpka, our...

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Life’s Sacred Moments

Life’s Sacred Moments

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — Books have been a wondrous source of blessing in my life. None more than the Holy Bible. It tops my list of valuable...

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Life’s Sacred Moments

Shouting and Singing

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — In the beginning my preaching was so poor that some people were going to sleep before I got halfway to the...

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Life’s Sacred Moments

A Captivating New Idea

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — I love discovering a captivating new idea, like the one I found in “Resilient,”  John Eldredge’s recent book — that...

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