My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. (Proverbs 1:10, ESV) You will be lured by bad people to go along with things you know are wrong. We’ll call this peer pressure, though it can come from anyone, not just your peers. In Proverbs 1:8-19 we’ll see: How to spot peer pressure What to do […]
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Today we consider sexual temptation through the lens of wisdom. Sexual sin is not only morally wrong, it’s also foolish. The following principles and practices regarding sexual temptation will not save you from sexual sin or earn you forgiveness (only trusting and following Jesus can do that); but they will help you live wisely in a world full
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New Year’s resolutions reflect our desire to live wisely, and where better to learn about wisdom than Proverbs. Wisdom is not the same as knowledge, which is about what’s true. It’s also not the same as morality, which is about what’s right. Wisdom is knowing and doing what’s best. The opposite of wisdom is not ignorance or
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Written by Dawn Rutan Recently I read the following verses: “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom… Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil” (Psalm 90:12, 15 ESV). That led me to
Written by Dawn Rutan As I’ve been thinking about Sunday’s sermon on Wisdom & Words from Proverbs 4:20-27, a couple themes have come to mind. During the sermon I was thinking about the power of words to wound people. My first thought was of the verbal bashing that many of us endured in school from
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We talk a lot. According to the best research I can find, the average American speaks roughly 16,000 words per day. That’s 1,000 per waking hour and 16 per minute. What follows is a walk through one of the richest passages in Proverbs concerning our words: Proverbs 4:20-27. In this passage we’ll discover a three