Walking is the Bible’s main word for how a life is lived. Not “believe,” not “feel” — walk. It is the verb the whole of Scripture reaches for when it wants to describe a person over time. The oldest use It arrives early and without explanation. Of Enoch, in a genealogy otherwise made of ages and deaths: Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away. (Genesis 5:24) Noah is described the same way…

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