Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. Proverbs 13:20 The proverbs are so rich with truth and meaning that connects with real episodes that prove it to be true. In coming across this particular proverb is reminded me of the story of Jack. He grew up in […]
Read More MTP13 The Company You KeepWe live in a very image conscious age. The popularity of visual media that ever more focuses on the details that makes one appealing and attractive makes the appearance of even greater importance in the economy of life. This is not to suggest that presentation is not important. When God told Samuel that man looks […]
Read More MTP12 Truth To Tell – Truth To LiveThere’s been a running theme in the recent chapters of Proverbs contrasting the fortunes of those who follow the seductress opposed to those who choose to follow the Wisdom Woman. You can see that contest in the world around us today. See the tragedy of so many aspiring leaders and innovators who are caught with […]
Read More MTP09 Wisdom Woman WinsI was reading Proverbs 8 – of course I was or else I wouldn’t be able to put this post together – in any case I read it, then I read it again, then I left it for about an hour or nine and read it again for me wife. Sometimes when you read something […]
Read More MTP08 Wisdom – What A LadyIt wasn’t that long ago that I was reading the biography of Michael Foot by Kenneth O. Morgan. When you read it you’ll note that at the time I was eager to write a review when I finished reading it, but never got round to it. Recently of course there have been tributes on the […]
Read More What’s In A Death – Michael FootThe book of Proverbs can be viewed in a number of ways and after the initial few chapters that are based on a consistent theme, it’s as though the writer takes small themes or wise sayings and throws them out there. In many ways some chapters of Proverbs are a bit like a jazz improvisational […]
Read More MTP06 Proverbs: A Jazz AlbumFaithfulness is not a hugely valued commodity especially when opposed to the value of choice. As choice is so vaunted and regarded as essential to quality life not much is said about staying with the made choice. I reckon this is down to two key factors. First not making the most of that which we […]
Read More MTP05 Wisdom and FaithfulnessIt was all so much easier when I was at home with my parents. For the most time things like the authority of scripture and the reality of God and the gospel were taken for granted and even to some extent unexplained because they were givens of life. So even without being a fully committed […]
Read More Is This What I Believe – Importance of the BibleReading Proverbs is a bit like reading the Bible it can be done in different ways. There are some who read it from start to finish, but in doing so you recognise it doesn’t necessarily work as a beginning-middle-end narrative book. Yet if you read the first few chapters of the book you’d notice a […]
Read More MTP04 Wisdom: The Key To Forward FocusRecently I’ve come from a church setting that placed a high value on practicality. None of the pie in the sky when we die stuff. Nothing too aesthetic, philosophical or anything that required too much thought and meditation, as it were. Just do it. There’s a lot to be said for this mentality, this go […]
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