You can find this week’s reading here –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+8%3A8-14%2C+17-21&version=NRSV V.Wisdom encourages us to – Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold;for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her. … Continue reading
I.This week our attention will be drawn to some selected verses from Proverbs 8. Take you time as you read and reread the passage. Who do you hear speaking to you in this passage? II.Proverbs 8:8-14 (New Revised Standard Version) … Continue reading
You can find this week’s Scripture at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+2%3A1-11&version=NRSV and here are three other translations,https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs%202%3A1-11&version=ESV;NET;MSG VII.This week we’ve heard the Proverbist call us to pay attention to his words and heard the encouragement to not be a passive listener or merely … Continue reading
You can find this week’s Scripture at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+2%3A1-11&version=NRSV and you can very easily look at different translations and even put several translations in parallel, for instance,https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs%202%3A1-11&version=NRSV;NIV;CEB IV.The other day I asked,“What does The Lord call us to do? …. And … Continue reading
I.We move on to chapter 2 of Proverbs. We see the Proverbist again calling our attention to the “fear of the Lord.” Maybe this passage will give us some more insight into what that means.. Notice in the passage “if,” … Continue reading
VIII.Now that we’ve looked at this chapter in a couple of different ways, I have a question for today. What knowledge and wisdom is included in what the Proverbist wants us to hear? Since this is found in the Bible, … Continue reading
IV.During our last time together we worked on getting an overview of the first chapter of Proverbs and began to think about one of the essential themes in Proverbs – Wisdom. Today I want us to zero in on one … Continue reading
I.Beginning this week and for the following three weeks we will be reading passages from the Book of Proverbs in the Hebrew Scripture. This week we start by reading the first chapter of the book. Many see this first chapter … Continue reading
You can find this week’s Scripture passage at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=hosea+11%2C+12&version=NRSV VII.So what have you noticed after spending time with this passage from Hosea? Read through the passage again and if you made some notes regarding the four things I encouraged you … Continue reading
You can find this week’s Scripture passage at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=hosea+11%2C+12&version=NRSV IV.Let’s take time today and tomorrow to read through this passage a couple of times and I’ll suggest four things for you to look for. It would be good to make … Continue reading