February 2017

The encouragement of generosity is sprinkled throughout the scriptures. (Jesus praised the widow for her generous giving, and Paul listed generosity as a fruit of the Spirit.) The writer of […]

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman without good sense. Proverbs 11:22 I’ll start this reflection on the defensive. When the writer of Proverbs talks

The wicked earn no real gain, but those who sow righteousness get a true reward. Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live, but whoever pursues evil will die. Crooked minds

Those who are kind reward themselves, but the cruel do themselves harm. Proverbs 11:17 We have met cruel people in our lives. The popular term being used in our time

My high school in Tampa was a religious school only populated with male students. I guess you could say that the climate around campus was a mixture of spit and

It was during one of my years in high school English. The more specific subject area was Literature, and we were expected to memorize. I know that it is from

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked perish, there is jubilation. By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,    but

We may come back to this thought when we get to chapter 16 (Proverbs 16:18) because the concept is repeated there. And maybe this is something that needs to be

Once we have turned the corner in Proverbs from the lengthy (and profitable) discourse on the value and virtue of wisdom to the wisdom sayings themselves, I feel that we

What the wicked dread will come upon them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted. The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the