In the Garden of Prayer & Passion

John 18:1 “When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.” What’s remarkable about this passage is what isn’t directly said. First, Jesus is...

Real Love

Proverbs 6:20-7:27 The Great Lie of Sexual Sin The Sin that’s destroying America Though in Scripture we often have to take the divine principles it provides and apply them to the particulars of life, Proverbs generally reverses this order. This is the case here as we...

The Will of God

Wisdom & The Will of God The Bible is about God. That’s something that seems plain enough – at least, it should be. But we’re often tempted to think it’s not. We read something like “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path…” (Psalm 119:105) and...

Intro to Proverbs

The Only Intellectual Faith – Christianity Introduction to Proverbs The goal of Christian living, in a manner of speaking, is the development of a renewed mind. This is necessary because the old mind – that is, the mind that is set on the flesh – is...

The Beautiful Life

The Virtues of Wisdom Proverbs 1:8-9 “Hear my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.” In chapter 1-9 of Proverbs we find the Lord “selling” us on the...