Where Will Your Why Take You?

Ecclesiastes 1:3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun Vanity, vexation, and meaninglessness, those are the apparent meaning of Ecclesiastes. It makes sense that the book of Ecclesiastes would be so iconic in modern culture,...

Not as Good as You Think

Proverbs 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches: feed me with food convenient for me How virtuous are you? How strong are you? It is difficult for any of us to judge this about self because we are not as good or strong as we think...

Boldness Is Confidence in the Truth

Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion There was a program when I was a child called Wild Kingdom. I don’t remember much of it, but I do remember that par for the course was images and film of lions stalking through...

You Will Get What You Are Tugging On

Proverbs 23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off Years ago, when my youngest was maybe six years old, we were at our home church where there were several ladies in the church who were expecting babies at any moment. So, the pastor...

Fatalism Is Lazy

Proverbs 22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets What would you do if there were a lion roaming the streets outside your house? The conventional wisdom when faced with a threat these days is run, hide, or fight and in...