Tag: wisdom
In this week’s episode of Midweek Meditations, we take a look at Psalm 90:12 reminding us to make the most of every day.
I love Joseph. He’s now two years old. My greatest concern is how I will equip Him in life and faith. 10 years ago, this was a distant thought; instead I was challenged by the secularist university around me and how I would live out my faith among my friends and peers. The encouragement and assurance I needed to hear then and the encouragement and assurance I need today are quite different. I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake. I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is…
For simpletons turn away from me—to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency. But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm.” — Proverbs 1:31-32 (NLT) My own life philosophy is shaped by the Bible, there is no denying it. While I consider it a fairly simple outlook on life, there comes the occasion where the Bible’s simplicity catches me by surprise. So I ask, “Is it really that simple?” Yet, the incredible theme of the Bible metanarrative answers with a resounding, “Yes!” The life found in its pages is simple. Not naive,…
In this world, knowledge is often associated with the sciences; truth a subjective matter, dependant upon one’s perceptions. It seems ironic then, how we claim to know truth through the sciences, yet deny the truth of life. Arguments will abound at such a statement, but if truth is not objective, then neither are the sciences from which “truth” stems. …for gaining wisdom and instruction; for understanding words of insight; for receiving instruction in prudent behaviour, doing what is right and just and fair; for giving prudence to those who are simple, knowledge and discretion to the young… — Proverbs 1:2-4…
Cover to Cover Reading: 1 Chronicles 11:1-13:14 Focus: 1 Chronicles 13:1-4 Throughout history, success has always been found in numbers. The legacy of the greatest leaders in history falls and stands upon the numbers which supported them. The Roman emperors, while they retained supreme authority, worked within the system of the Senate. As such, they continued successively for generations. The likes of Napoleon and Alexander the Great, while great leaders in their own time, however disintegrated as they were dictators without the structures like that of the Senate. Even now, those who find support in numbers are more likely to…
