Tag: Wisdom
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Avoiding the Abominable
What comes to mind when you think of the word abominable? Frankly, if it’s anything other than the word “snowman” I’d be a little surprised. For anyone growing up in the seventies and eighties watching Rudolph at Christmas, abominable means memories of a fun Christmas movie. This is not what the Bible means. In Proverbs…
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Keeping Up with the Wise
As I read through Proverbs 13 & 14, a few thoughts came to me. First, Solomon gives us significant wisdom throughout this text. Second, Dave Ramsey is right – there’s a ton of useful proverbs about money. Third, I kept coming back to the word “keep”. What we keep, what we hang on to, says…
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Wasted Time
I am spectacularly good at wasting time. When I am up against something I’m not sure I can do as well as I’d like. Honestly, when I’m afraid I’m going to fail, I find it easy to be distracted. Self-sabotage at it’s finest. But that is just one of the reasons people waste time. It…
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Shouting from the Rooftops
Date: March 27, 1987 Place: Intersection of 7th and Main, Los Angeles, CA At that location, atop a liquor store in downtown L.A., U2 brought the area to a screeching halt as they filmed the music video for “Where the Streets Have No Name.” They are not the only band to have done something like…
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I Knew Better!
Reading: Proverbs 8:4-12 Extended Reading: Proverbs 8 Across the past years I have both taught about and carried out counseling for people stuck at some point or other, and often within that context, I have treated people struggling with addiction. These addictions have been in multiple forms – substance use, alcohol, gambling, gaming, pornography, food…
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Learning the Hard Way
The year was 1992. Seinfeld was already popular and two new shows were premiering on TV that year in Mad About You and Melrose Place. In the world of Christian Music, a newer band called dcTalk released their brand new album Free At Last, and what would eventually become a more popular song on this…
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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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