Monthly Archives: March 2015

Timothy’s Charge Renewed

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Don Merritt

Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have … Continue reading →

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Timothy to Oppose False Teachers

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Don Merritt

Paul begins his letter to Timothy with a polite greeting in verse 1, and then gets right down to business. He reminds Timothy why Paul wanted him to remain in Ephesus: To put a stop to false teaching and endless … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week: March 18, 2015

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Don Merritt

This picture was taken through the window of a moving train as we passed through Maryland on a dark and stormy morning. It’s not very artistic and you can see reflections in the glass… but it does capture the mood … Continue reading →

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An Interesting Challenge

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Don Merritt

Blogging through the Proverbs provides an interesting challenge; unique in my experience. We have completed the first major section, chapters 1-9, and now we enter the second major section, chapters 10-22. This section, called the “proverbs of Solomon, contains 375 … Continue reading →

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The Summation

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Don Merritt

Proverbs 9 The 13th discourse concludes this first section of the book of Proverbs, and it contains a general summation of what we have seen up to this point. Here, Lady Wisdom invites us to her house. Unlike the house … Continue reading →

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Wisdom: A Better Way

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Don Merritt

Proverbs 8 In the last chapter we saw a steamy scene in which folly, represented by a wayward woman, leads a young man away from the paths of righteousness into a slippery slope that leads to his ultimate destruction. Now … Continue reading →

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Innocence Abroad

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Don Merritt

Proverbs 7 The teacher changes his approach in the eleventh discourse of Proverbs; now he portrays Wisdom as a lady, a sister in fact, and Folly as a harlot to show a young man how he can find himself ensnared. … Continue reading →

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Another Pass at Adultery

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Don Merritt

Proverbs 6:20-35 In the tenth discourse, the teacher takes another pass at the issue of adultery. This time, it seems to be more intimate, more person than in chapter 5. Verses 20-25 provide some transition from the previous discourse, reminding … Continue reading →

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Threats to Your Happiness

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Don Merritt

Proverbs 6:1-19 The ninth discourse consists of a series of four warnings that when taken in the overall context, amount to problems that can rob a person of marital happiness, since both the eighth and tenth discourses deal with adultery. … Continue reading →

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Those Who’ve Gone Before

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Don Merritt

It sure is easy to think that nobody has ever lived through the trials and tribulations that we go through, and yet many have done so. Some times we might think that our modern age is so vastly different that … Continue reading →