Monthly Archives: March 2015

Photo of the Week: March 11, 2015

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Don Merritt
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Warning Against Adultery

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Don Merritt

Proverbs 5 In this, the eighth wisdom discourse, the teacher warns his students against adultery. It continues to be written as a teacher to his male students, using an adulterous female as the protagonist, but the principles certainly would apply … Continue reading →

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Our God Is a Wonderful God

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Don Merritt

May the peoples praise you, O God;     may all the peoples praise you.  May the nations be glad and sing for joy,     for you rule the peoples justly     and guide the nations of the earth.  Psalm 67:3-4 Our God is … Continue reading →

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A Father’s Warnings

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Don Merritt

Proverbs 4 With chapter 4, we begin a new section of the book, extending through chapter 6. This new section is introduced by the first use of the address “my sons” and takes on the tone of a warning rather … Continue reading →

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Looking Up

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Don Merritt

How often do you look up? If you think about it, we look around and we look down, but we seldom look up.  I wonder what we’re missing in the process.  Are there UFO’s buzzing around up there?  Who’d notice? … Continue reading →

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Wisdom, Creation and Duty

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Don Merritt

Proverbs 3:19-35 In this post, we’ll finish up chapter 3 as we see the fifth and sixth discourses. Wisdom in Creation Solomon shifts his thinking somewhat in this discourse, from an exhortation to pursue and attain wisdom, to what God’s … Continue reading →

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The Blessing of Wisdom

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Don Merritt

Proverbs 3:1-18 This fourth discourse can be said to be a continuation of the third. It has two sections, verses 1-12 contain exhortations from the teacher to his students to hold onto wisdom, and vv. 13-18 discuss the blessings of … Continue reading →

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Finding Peace

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Don Merritt

The world always looks forward to times of peace and prosperity; everybody wants it. Candidates for office talk of peace, philosophers write of peace… …and yet peace in the world is elusive. The Bible also talks of peace, but here … Continue reading →

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The Benefits of Attaining Wisdom

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Don Merritt

Proverbs 2 The teacher makes his second appearance in chapter 2, after “lady” Wisdom has shown us what will become of the unwise in the preceding verses. Here, the teacher tells his students why it is such a good thing … Continue reading →

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“Lady” Wisdom Makes Her Case

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Don Merritt

Proverbs 1:20-33 In this section, godly wisdom is portrayed as a woman crying out in the city, the first such personification in the book. Obviously, this personification is a literary device rather than a literal person, and as such it … Continue reading →

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