Tag Archives: wisdom

Much Vexation?

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Pete

Much Vexation? What!?!? Wait a minute! Stop the train! Back up the bus! What is going on here!?!? I’ve just finished taking in thirty-one chapters of wisdom. You know, wisdom — better than silver, more profitable than gold, more precious … Continue reading →

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Let Wisdom Reign!

Posted on July 28, 2025 by Pete

If the first couple of chapters of Proverbs are any indicator, then evidently Solomon was not an “under promise, over deliver” sort of guy. As he seeks to convince his son to hear instruction and not forsake teaching (1:8); as … Continue reading →

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Where Understanding Comes From

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Pete

From today’s readings, I’ve been shaken a bit by a fresh reminder that God will send even lying spirits from heaven to accomplish his long-range plans on earth (1Kings 22:19-23). And that just set me up for a fresh remembrance … Continue reading →

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The Root of the Roots

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Pete

If “the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils” (1Tim. 6:10), this morning I think I may have dug up a couple more. And beyond that, James also puts his finger on what looks to be … Continue reading →

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Go or Overlook?

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Pete

Holy tension, Batman! That’s what I encountered this morning, some holy tension. Forgiveness has been a preoccupying topic for me for the past several months. Have spent more than a little time on “Why Should I?” and “How Can I?” … Continue reading →

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Radical Stuff

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Pete

Hovering over the first part of 1 Corinthians 6 this morning. Some pretty radical stuff here. Not sure what to do with it except to just observe it. As for applying it? Did I mention it was kind of radical? … Continue reading →

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Walk with the Wise

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Pete

You are what you eat. What you put in is going to have an impact on what you have available to put out. Good worldly wisdom. And, not without biblical precedent. After all, the law of the harvest says you’re … Continue reading →

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Where Am I Going to Eat Today?

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Pete

Noodling on two house parties being put on in Proverbs 9. Meditating on two hostesses, Wisdom and Folly, who have set their tables and sent out their invitations. Wisdom’s table is filled with organic, free-range food. Triple-A, Prime beef from … Continue reading →

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The Wisdom of God in Our Hands

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Pete

If there’s anything the Spirit wants us to know about Ezra, it’s that he was a man of the Word, as in “God’s word”. Sure, when he’s introduced in Ezra 7 the first thing mentioned is that he was the … Continue reading →

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For She Is Your Life

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Pete

Hyperbole or reality? Somewhat dramatic or appropriately emphatic? Thoughts running through my mind as I chew on something in Proverbs this morning. The opening chapters of Proverbs are an extended pitch by a dad to his son to pursue wisdom. … Continue reading →

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