Category: About Proverbs 365
January 1st, 2011
The Proverbs 365 project has now completed its course. We have succeeded in cataloguing 365 distinct and separate entries -- short stories, essays, poems, and personal anecdotes -- about 365 distinct and separate proverbs of King Solomon. Some of…
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December 1st, 2010
Wisdom calls aloud in the streets, she raises her voice in the public squares; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech (Proverbs 1:20-21).
This is it: the last month in the Proverbs 365 project.…
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October 22nd, 2010
Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips (Proverbs 22:17-18).
It's time for a reality check: How much am I really…
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August 31st, 2010
O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows, do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings (Proverbs 31:2). Does anyone else notice the unusual juxtaposition of this Proverb?!? It's nestled within the 31st chapter of Proverb…
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December 7th, 2009
The Proverbs have long been one of my favorite parts of the Bible. The stuff just rings so true. Vivid word pictures communicating timeless wisdom. Bite-sized, easy-to-digest -- but still rich and chewy enough to allow for hours (and lifetimes) of med…
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