by Bill Cook As we sat in the restaurant with our two young daughters, the mother in the booth across from us told her child, “Hey, see that booth over there, across the way? Go over there and get me that ashtray.” The child was old enough to read and know better, so she answered […]
by Sam E. Stone The book of Proverbs does not read like many of the other Bible books. Because it is considered poetry, this form of wisdom literature often addresses a number of different topics in a single chapter—not necessarily following some orderly outline. We need not try to force the various words of advice […]
by Dan Lentz 1. Imagine your group is a book club this week. Contact members ahead of time and ask them to come prepared to talk about a favorite book, article, or story they’ve recently read. What did they like about it? What was unique? Who do they think should read it? 2. Continue to […]
by Bill Cook “What should we do?” someone recently asked me. “Should we adopt the children we’ve had with us for a year, or send them on to another home and take in more children to foster parent?” You’ve had questions just as tough lobbed at you—right? How do we make such difficult decisions? I […]
by Sam E. Stone Solomon presents instruction as a father to his son throughout the book of Proverbs (see 1:8, 10, 15; 2:1; 3:1, 11, 21). Chapter 4 begins, “Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.” He then contrasts two possible ways to live. The way of wisdom is straight […]
