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As a child, I used to skip church to watch Popeye cartoons. Go ahead and judge. In all fairness to my 10-year-old self, it wasn’t just Popeye. It was the whole Popeye and Friends show, featuring George of the Jungle … Continue reading
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Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil (Proverbs 3:7). I’m not nearly as wise as I think I am. Neither are you. Trust me. Our wisdom is far too polluted by the ideas … Continue reading
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight (Proverbs 3:5-6). But I like my own understanding. It makes sense, sorta…to … Continue reading
My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you … Continue reading
Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares; at the head of the noisy streets she calls out, in the gateway of the city she makes her speech (Proverbs 1:20-21). Wisdom isn’t hiding from … Continue reading
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and correction (Proverbs 1:7). Fear can be a good thing. In our culture, we act like fear is something to be avoided at all costs. Maybe … Continue reading
“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him. I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver … Continue reading
You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your … Continue reading
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge… (Psalm 91:4a). I’m not really what you might call a “bird person.” Sure, some of them are pretty and some of them make music and … Continue reading
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” (Psalm 91:2) My refuge. My fortress. My place of safety and strength, with strong walls to protect me from the world. … Continue reading