Monthly Archives: July 2021

The Wife of Noble Character

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Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom. “We can rebuild him. We have the technology.  We can make him better than he was.  Better…stronger…faster.” Those solemn words introduced every episode of the TV action series The Six Million Dollar Man, which aired on ABC from 1973 through 1978. … Read more »

The Heart of Friendship

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Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom. “The best things in life are…not things.”  The secret of human happiness is no big mystery.  It’s relationships – close, healthy, and enduring relationships.  The first thing about creation that God said was “not good” was the aloneness of the first… Read more »

God of the Fifth Cast

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Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom. In his book Called to Lead, Dan Allender recounts the time that he, his wife, and their 10-year-old son Andrew traveled to Montana, where he was speaking at a conference. Having been inspired by the father-son connections in the movie A… Read more »

The Bridge to Life

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Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom. What will it be like at the moment of death when we step into the next world? More than a few people imagine a kind of pop quiz.  If you know the right answers – if you’re “in” on the secret… Read more »

It’s Off to Work We Go

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Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom. Within the past two weeks, billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos have literally launched humanity’s latest round of exploration – the opportunity for ordinary people (at least the ones who happen to have a great deal of discretionary income) to experience… Read more »

Being Happy, Being Blessed

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Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom. Charles M. Schulz never hid the fact that his most famous cartoon creation was really a depiction of himself. Charlie Brown is a boy with a big ego (as represented by his huge head) who experiences life as incurably disappointing and… Read more »

Out of Hot Water

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Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom. Drop a frog into hot water and it will immediately jump out. But drop a frog into cool water and heat it gradually, and the frog will slowly but surely boil to death. Right? The Frog-in-the-Kettle parable can be traced to… Read more »

Signs of Life

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Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom. On May 18, 1980, Mt. St. Helens blew its top. In less than 15 minutes one of America’s most beautiful landscapes was dramatically reconfigured. A lateral blast of molten rock, ash, and debris devastated 151,000 acres of forest and recreational areas… Read more »

A Dog’s Life

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Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom. David E. Sharp, a senior airman in the United States Air Force, returned home to Georgia after serving in the Middle East in 2002. Overwhelmed by residual trauma from his deployment, he felt little joy.  He picked fights and drank too… Read more »

And in the End

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Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom. In the summer of 1969, the world’s most famous rock band was falling apart. Splintered by long-simmering creative and relational spats, the Beatles somehow recorded Abbey Road, which fans and critics eventually came to regard as a masterpiece.  It was the… Read more »