Have you put your career in its proper perspective?
Category Archive: Reflections on Scripture
Some people, like myself, are quite directly called into faith in God (or some aspect of Christian living or understanding) without personal difficulty, perhaps akin to the prior passage; Proverbs 1:20-23. Others, however, must struggle greatly and persevere in this struggle until they reach their object. This post discusses Proverbs 2:1-5, which encourages us to that struggle.
I have been considering the theme of ‘wisdom’ in Proverbs lately, and what its connection to Jesus’ words in Matthew 23:34 could be: “I am sending you scribes, prophets and wise men”.
The book of Proverbs introduces us to three people types: the wise, the simple, and the fool.
Why might it be hard to be satisfied and stay satisfied in God’s love?
Why is the tenth of the Ten Commandments different from all the rest?
Have you ever thought about your soul as something that could be healthy or sick?
Christian faith and repentance is evidence of our victory over the world.
“What good does it do a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his own soul?” (Matt 16:26). If you are successful in the world, never let this question cease to haunt you.
This pastoral passage was first written for LRBC on March 29 2015. A while back I wrote about […]
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