Today’s thought is a short one. It comes from the very first verse in today’s Proverb. Proverbs 18:1 – He who separates himself seeks his own desire, he quarrels against all sound wisdom. This verse immediately brought to mind the many conversations I’ve had with fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, since Covid. When Covid …
Category: Counter-Culture
The Eternal Nature Of God’s Wisdom
A quote attributed to George Orwell goes like this: Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. That’s a pretty accurate observation of human nature. As teenagers approach adulthood, they often view their parents’ wisdom as old-fashioned and outdated. …
Temptation
At first read, we might dismiss Proverbs 7 as irrelevant, choosing to skip over this chapter if we don’t struggle with sexual sin. After all, it’s entitled “The Wiles of the Harlot” in my Bible. But before we move on too quickly, let’s stop and dig a little deeper. I believe there’s something here that …
The Pitfalls Of Immorality
Proverbs 5-7 focus in-depth on a particular topic that God feels very deeply about, but secular culture has completely discarded any taboos or hesitation to engage in it: immorality. Sadly, the acceptance of adultery, fornication, immorality, and divorce is often accepted within the church, or at least among those who proclaim to believe. Survey any …
Two Paths
Have you ever thought about how many times the Bible uses words like way, path, or steps to describe our lives? From the moment of our birth, we are on a journey. We seem to understand innately, whether or not we believe in God, or the Bible, or sin, or the cross, that life consists …
The Way Of The Word 