Old Testament – Page 39 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Apt Words – Proverbs 15:23

I like doing crossword puzzles. There is a site, the-crossword-solver.com, that tells you clues you might see for particular words (of course I would never use it!). Here is what they have as possible

Counsel – Proverbs 15:22

I’m about to go into a board meeting of the organization I serve, The Forsaken Children. We do a fundraiser every year that we call a gala, and this year we had to do it virtually because of the

God Doesn’t Guarantee Wealth – Proverbs 15:16-17

“We didn’t know we were poor.” You’ve heard people say this and what normally follows it is something like, “We had so much love as a family,” or “Everyone else

God Sees You – Proverbs 15:3

IMBd summarizes the 1998 Will Smith, Gene Hackman film, Enemy of the State, this way: “A lawyer becomes targeted by a corrupt politician and his N.S.A. goons when he accidentally receives key evidence

A Gentle Answer – Proverbs 15:1

In an excerpt from his book, A Gentle Answer: Our Secret Weapon in an Age of Us-Against-Them, Scott Sauls cites the example of John Perkins, civil rights activist and community developer: John Perkins

Envy – Proverbs 14:30-31

Everybody (a, b, c) acknowledges that there is a lower intensity envy that can actually motivate us to improve, but that there is a destructive kind of envy, like that being addressed here in Proverbs.

A Refuge for Our Children – Proverbs 14:26-27

My white American friend and her husband adopted two black children some years ago. Needless to say, recent events have awakened their concern for the America their children live in and how they will

Power to Get Wealth – Proverbs 14:23-24

She was sleeping in her car on the Kroger parking lot, leaning her seat all the way back so no one could see her. Drug addiction had left her homeless. The Kroger manager noticed her and encouraged

Generosity – Proverbs 14:20-21

“God created us to be in relationships, and the authors identify four relationships that are essential for life: relationships with the triune God, with self, with others, and with the rest of creation.

Gullibility – Proverbs 14:15

I don’t like to post opinions on Facebook, but I felt I it important to post this: No Fact Check, No Post Christians know three things: Human beings can be sadly depraved and selfish at heart.

Human Intimacy – Proverbs 14:10

In an article about intimacy in marriage at Focus on the Family, the author wrote, “One evening over dinner with a friend, we spoke about intimacy and what it means. She shared a cute little phrase

Risk/Benefit – Proverbs 14:4

With the covid-19 pandemic has come a push to create a vaccine. Simple, right? No. Will the vaccine create other problems, like side effects that might be dangerous? Scientists can anticipate and

Build Your House – Proverbs 14:1

Whenever we visit our son in Boston we end up driving through the Big Dig, the tunnel portion of I-93, designed to improve traffic flow. The construction was plagued with cost overruns and time delays.

Child Discipline – Proverbs 13:24

Spanking, according to Wikipedia, has historically been used by parents to discipline their children, but is waning in popularity as research has shown that it is not effective. Advocates of spanking

Poverty and Injustice – Proverbs 13:23

In their article, The Vicious Circle of Poverty and Injustice, OpenDemocracy.net says, “Too often, the public and policy-makers alike think of poverty as simply a lack of income. In reality, it is

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