Leadership is No Better than its Source

Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother. We are living in a very noisy world indeed. In the mornings I take a little walk and things are generally pretty quiet. You might hear noises from some birds in the trees and...

Protect Your Home

Proverbs 5:3-4 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil If you are reading Proverbs 1-7, there is a continual address from a specific person to another specific person. Now, it is general in the sense that it is God’s...

Own Your Responsibility

Proverbs 4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings We are living in a day of passive parenting. That is an oxymoron because those are conflicting concepts. You can be passive or you can be a parent, but you really can’t be both. If you are a...

God’s Purpose and Pattern

Exodus 40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys If you read Exodus 37-40, you might get a little drowsy and bored because this is the equivalent...

The Ethic of Cheerful Giving

Exodus 36:7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. If you have ever been involved in a building project, let’s say, at your home church, then you have probably discovered Exodus 36. If you have not, I don’t know where you have...