Thoughts Mother To Son This chapter is a mother’s advice to her son. The son is King Lemuel, and I’d like to tell you about him, but scholars don’t know anything about him. There’s a fair amount of conjecture, but no facts. One thing that seems true is that there was no king of Judah…

Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents By Rod Dreher / Sentinel Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn once noted that people often assume that their democratic government would never submit to totalitarianism—but Dreher says it’s happening. Sounding the alarm about the insidious effects of identity politics, surveillance technology, psychological manipulation, and more, he equips contemporary Christian…

Thoughts When a nation sins, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and much learning, it will last a long time. Proverbs 28:2 NLV John Adams famously said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Alexis de Toqueville…

Thoughts Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. Proverbs 27:6 NIV Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice. Proverbs 27:9 NIV As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 NIV A Good Friend Is More…

Thoughts Proverbs chapters 25-29 were proverbs of Solomon that were collected under the supervision of King Hezekiah of Judah, about 270 years after Solomon died. 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. 22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his…

Thoughts Proverbs 23 1When you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what’s in front of you. 2Put a knife to your throat if you like to eat too much. Proverbs 23:1-2 NIRV This proverb was written when many rulers were actually all-powerful tyrants. A clearer translation of verse one would read…

Thoughts You should want a good name more than you want great riches. To be highly respected is better than having silver or gold. Proverbs 22:1 NIRV My wife, the Lovely Lady LeeAnn, doesn’t like it when I broach this subject, but Proverbs 22:1 brought it to mind, so I must.  Tick Tock I’m at…

Thoughts Whose Direction? Proverbs 20:24 says, “Man’s steps are ordained by the Lord, How then can man understand his way?” That last part is better translated, “How can a man understand his own way?” It’s true. Our lives are in God’s hand. He knows where He wants us and what He wants us to do…

Thoughts Foolishness It’s hard to avoid zeroing in on the topic of foolishness in chapter nineteen, especially considering the shape of happenings around the world, and in the US. Foolishness abounds, wouldn’t you agree? I’m talking about foolishness as described in the Bible. How does Scripture characterize it? Let me quote gotquestions.org: “Often in Scripture,…

Thoughts Gray hairs These days, much of my hair is gray. Not all of it yet, but a lot of it. I remember several years ago when I was getting my hair cut, that I looked down at the black drape that my barber had put around me to keep the hair off my clothes,…