proverbs

  • “Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,and do not reject your mother’s teaching.”— Proverbs 4:1 I stand at an intersection of thinking. Father’s Day is coming, and Proverbs 4 is on my liturgical calendar for today. I am not planning to preach a Father’s Day sermon because I am in another sermon series. I am fairly…

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  • This proverb is probably not just for critics. It may apply to complainers, insubordinate subordinates, hardheaded students, confrontational friends, unreasonable clients, irritated supervisors, and infuriating customers. It teaches us to diffuse the fuse of the infused and prevent an explosive situation. It is just good personal and business policy and it comes straight from the…

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  • The Solomon factor is about how one man, thrust into a position of leadership, desperately sought the one thing he knew he needed most for the demands of his life and career, wisdom; it is about how he found it and passed it on to the rest of us.

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  • Wiser and Wiser

    It is because they listen and commit themselves to a lifetime of learning. It is because they are not afraid to get guidance and counsel. They are discerning enough to know that they don’t know everything. They are wise enough to recognize the gaps in their wisdom. They are smart enough to know when they…

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  • Solomon solidified his leadership through the exercise of practical wisdom.

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