Old Testament – Page 42 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Smooth Words – Proverbs 2:16-22

I have seen it too many times. That person they threw over their spouse for has now become someone they can barely stand to be around. The grass was greener on the other side until they started living

Wisdom Guards – Proverbs 2:6-15

Wouldn’t it be great to always know just the right thing to do? It would just come into your head and you would make right decisions. That’s what Solomon is telling his son can happen if

Searching for Wisdom – Proverbs 2:1-5

For forty bucks Dick’s Sporting Goods will sell you a gold panning kit. Then you can go to Geology.com and read their instructions on how to pan and watch their videos of people panning. They’ll

Enticed – Proverbs 1:10-19

Maybe like me you have done this. You have wondered if you could get away with doing something wrong. You’ve told yourself that it could happen. But hopefully, like me, you have weighed the

Garlands and Pendants – Proverbs 1:8,9

I have a vision for my family. I don’t know if God gave me this vision or if it is just something I deeply desire. I want to see my entire family, my four children and their spouses and children,

Fear of Yahweh – Proverbs 1:7

In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis weaves a tale of four children transported into another realm where Christ reigns as a lion, Aslan. When the children are preparing to meet him,

Wisdom – Proverbs 1:1-6

How do you define wisdom? The Wikipedia article on wisdom says this, “Wisdom, sapience, or sagacity is the ability to think and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense and

He Who Is Humble – Isaiah 66:1-4

The Ancient History Encyclopedia says, “The temple was a sacred precinct defined by a priest…as the dwelling place of a god or gods and the structure built there was created to honor the of

Peace Like a River – Isaiah 66:10-12, 22-24

Diana Matthews tells us the song I’ve Got Peace Like a River “is an African-American spiritual. Spirituals began on the fields and the slaves would sing to pass the time of day. It was also

New Heavens, New Earth – Isaiah 65:17-25

“Experts interviewed by STAT differ on whether aging should be viewed as a disease, the extent to which it’s treatable — and whether doing so can help people live longer….Biophysicist Alex

I Will Recount – Isaiah 63:7-14

In the movie “Call of the Wild“, Buck, a St. Bernard, is mistreated by an evil owner trying to break him for use as a sled dog. He gets away and is found and taken in by John Thornton.

Your Apparel Red – Isaiah 63:1-6

“Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord, He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored.” That line from the Battle Hymn of the Republic by abolitionist

Poor and Brokenhearted No More – Isaiah 61:1-4

“Until we embrace our mutual brokenness, our work with low-income people is likely to do more harm than good.” That quote comes from the book When Helping Hurts, by Corbett and Fikkert. They

Your Everlasting Light – Isaiah 60

In the article “21 Things Only People Who Prefer Rain Over All Other Weather Understand” a few of those things are: You get unreasonably happy when you wake up in the middle of the night

Ears Not Dull – Isaiah 59

According to Healthline.com there are multiple causes for dull or muffled hearing, including earwax buildup, tinnitus, ear infection, hay fever, ear pressure imbalance as in altitude changes. Israel

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