The two are eternally and unalterably opposed.| Josh Beckman
I think there is a danger for us in the two famous scriptural pericopes on a good woman, one in Proverbs 31 and the other in Sirach 26. I do not know what a woman thinks when she hears these remarkable texts. I want to consider how a man hears them. There is much beautiful […]| LifeCraft
That spirit inside you is the spark of hope that remains when every other hope dies| Justin N. Poythress
I remember it like it was yesterday. The offering plate came down my row and my 5-year-old fist held tightly onto the quarter in my pocket that my parents had given me to put into the offering. My older brother saw it all happen and reported it to my parents the second we got into the car after church.| He Must Become Greater
Verse He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. – Proverbs 13:24 Meaning of Proverbs 13:24 Proverbs 13:24 highlights the importance of proper parental guidance and discipline. The verse, ‘He that spareth his… Read more → The post Proverbs 13:24 appeared first on Literary Devices.| Literary Devices
The book of Proverbs, like other books typically identified as part of Israel’s “wisdom literature,” is full of pithy, provocative statements. (Here I cannot enter into a debate about whether “wisdom literature” is an actual genre.) Consider the following set of verses from chapter 26: Do not answer fools according to their folly, or you […] The post The Book of Proverbs’ Deceptive Simplicity (Or, How to Get It Right) first appeared on The Sacred Page.| The Sacred Page
A very mature Christian came to me recently and said, “I want to learn more about doing family devotions well." Not long after, I had a very edifying conversation with a gray-haired saint who was wanting to study a particular Bible topic together. These encounters just reminded me of this fact: the| JustinHuffman.org | The Online Home of Pastor Justin Huffman
tl;dr It’s unclear. There’s a clear English-language lineage, but there really are similar African proverbs and it’s hard to rule out cross-pollination.| Andrew Whitby