Tag Archives: inspiration

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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Proverbs and Gangs

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Don Merritt

Proverbs 1:10-19 This is the first of the 13 discourses, and as I mentioned in the last post, it is about gangs. Verses 10-14 set this out clearly enough; Solomon has a gang problem. Notice that the “son” is warned … Continue reading →

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The fear of the LORD

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Don Merritt

Proverbs 1:1-9 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7 The first major section of Proverbs is chapters 1-9. These chapters are further broken down by theme into three subsections, the first of which … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week: March 4, 2015

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Don Merritt

Now that I’ve returned home, I can finally upload my pictures! This one is from February 1, about a third of the way through the biggest snowfall of the year in that area of Illinois. It was coming down fairly … Continue reading →

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On Our Knees

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Don Merritt

Abraham Lincoln one said that there are times when he found himself falling to his knees before God, for there was no other place for him to go during the darkest days of Civil War.  I think there are times … Continue reading →

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Living Water

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Don Merritt

There’s nothing worse than being thirsty, seriously thirsty! Millions are slowly dying of thirst in our world, but theirs is a different kind of thirst.  Spiritual thirst is pandemic and has been all through the ages.  The symptoms are fairly … Continue reading →

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Building Strong Personal Relationships

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Don Merritt

Ephesians 5:22-31 Suppose someone asked you for advice on how to have a successful marriage; would you have some ideas about what a successful marriage requires?  I would guess that everyone could make a suggestion or two, maybe something simple … Continue reading →

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On a Personal Note…

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Don Merritt

This past Sunday I had an odd experience. It all began when I awakened and realized that I had no recollection, no idea really, of what I was teaching that day. Oh I had set it all up the previous … Continue reading →

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