Proverbs 20:23

Author: Patrick Blair When I check out of my local grocery store, the cashiers always ask me for my phone number so my purchasing habits can be tracked. What do I get for this? Well, after ringing up the goods, the cashier always tells me something like, “You’ve save…

Naive Swedes who live in a pretend world Criminals are dangerous, but so are people who are way too naive for their own good and live in a pretend world. The small Christian community in secular Sw……

Naive Swedes who live in a pretend world Criminals are dangerous, but so are people who are way too naive for their own good and live in a pretend world. The small Christian community in secular Sw……

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8) Justice is the easiest virtue because it is intuitive. Children understand it at play. Breaking rules agreed upon by the group is cheating. Having an unreciprocated advantage is unfair. Simple. And yet, justice is the most complicated virtue because of sin and human limitations. Sin has jaded our hearts and corrupted the avenues of ……

Jesus Christ proclaimed himself greater than Solomon, challenging his disciples to hear his incomparable wisdom (Matt. 12:42). His superiority to Solomon and to his wisdom can be seen in the following contrasts, citing Solomon’s proverbs first and then New Testament references. – The Queen of Sheba testified to Solomon’s wisdom in this world, but she…