The Word to the World
Proverbs 31:10–31—the famed passage about the ideal wife/woman—paints a picture of an honourable, rather than a dishonourable, life. It shows Lady Wisdom in living flesh. But while Proverbs 31 describes the ideal woman, this is not its main thrust. Its main thrust is to highlight
What fruit do you produce? How do you determine the condition of your heart? Proverbs speaks of righteousness as a path, as we saw previously. It also says that those on this path will produce certain fruit. Those who are on the path of righteousness
In much of modern evangelicalism, there is the erroneous idea that Christianity must be separated from politics: Christians should not enter the political realm and churches should never talk about politics. The problem is, the Bible addresses politics. The church that faithfully preaches the Bible
Self-indulgence is a false promise of happiness. So, wherever we have a persistent pattern of self-indulgence, or if we struggle to let go of our idol of brand, we are dealing with is our own unwillingness to let go of a false promised happiness.