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Intoxicated – Proverbs 5
I have often wondered why it is that sexual sin is the downfall of so many people. I believe in part the answer stems from how sexuality is so central to who we are. We have a sexual drive and beyond
Continue reading...Tender – Proverbs 4:1-9
Why are we so hesitant, many of us, to talk plainly about sexuality, menstrual cycles, and other subjects like that? One of the reasons is surely that we are painfully aware of the way sexuality is warped
Continue reading...Love Your Neighbor – Proverbs 3:28-35
We have the best neighbors. They are uniformly friendly, have integrity, and are trustworthy. One of my neighbors helped me take down and dispose of a dead tree in my yard. That’s a neighbor!
Continue reading...Straight Paths – Proverbs 3:5-8
Not that you need any help memorizing this verse, but I came across a fun little song/video that will blaze it in your mind, and, please, you surely won’t take it as advocating standing up on a roller
Continue reading...Steadfast Love – Proverbs 3:3,4
What is among the most important things you want your children or grandchildren to learn in life? How do you want them to be regarded by others? Would it surprise you that Solomon wanted his son to
Continue reading...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
Continue reading...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
Continue reading...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
Continue reading...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,
Continue reading...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
Continue reading...The End of the Matter: Ecclesiastes 12:9-14
We move now from the Preacher’s own words to those of the author and his concluding remarks about what he has shared with us. An old beer commercial used to say, “You only go around once…you’ve
Continue reading...Youth and Old Age: Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:8
The Preacher has been holding up the mirror to our faces, urging us to see the reality we so want to ignore. As we have aged we have seen the mirror clearly revealing the disintegration of our youth. I
Continue reading...How Should We Then Live: Ecclesiastes 11:1-8
Years ago a well-known apologist/evangelist, Dr. Francis Schaeffer, created a video study called “How Should We Then Live,” an attempt to give a Christian answer to the world our philosophical
Continue reading...Wisdom, Good or Bad: Ecclesiastes 9:13-10:20
The Preacher feels the need to bring home the point that wisdom is not the answer to life, but is preferable to foolishness. His wisdom had helped him see the futility of life and of the search for some
Continue reading...Eat, Drink and Be Merry: Ecclesiastes 9:1-12
Are we supposed to like the book of Ecclesiastes? No, at least not from the perspective that this book makes us feel good. But it is like he wrote earlier, “It is better to go to the house of mourning
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