Tag: Proverbs
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Being Broke

Up to this point in Proverbs, Solomon has guided us toward wisdom and away from adultery. Wisdom, he tells us, is more precious than the most precious items of any time and nothing is more desirable (3:14-15). Adultery is a fools errand that leads to death and destruction (chapters 5, 6, and 7). But here…
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Sharp as a Two-Edged Sword

Adultery. It’s everywhere. Think, when was the most recent time you ran across this topic? Within the past month? Week? 24 Hours? For me, it was sitting with my wife watching The Crown on Netflix, but really it’s just everywhere. Most recent popular television shows are wrought with it. A Million Little Things, Breaking Bad,…
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Father Knows Best

Starting on radio in 1949 and transitioning to television in 1954, Robert Young brought Jim Anderson to life for 6 seasons in the classic series Father Knows Best. During that timeframe, a new show started in 1957 starring Hugh Beaumont as Ward Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver. As Father Knows Best was ending, at least two…
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Don’t Do It!

How many times when you were a kid did you hear phrases like Stop! Be careful! Don’t do that! or something similar? How many times have you uttered one of those phrases to your own child? Generally, when one of these phrases comes out of the mouth of a parent, the goal of protecting a child from…
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