The Bible Names Three Types of Fools (Which Are You?)
Today we’re turning to the second character in the book of Proverbs: the fool. Same reminder as always, this isn’t a specific personality type. We all carry parts of the wise, the simple, and the fool. I’m reminded constantly that a lot of me is still the fool, further along than I used to be, […]
What Wisdom Actually Does in the Body (Proverbs 2)
We’ve spent two weeks on what wisdom is and where it starts. Today we’re getting practical. Proverbs 2 is one long sentence in the Hebrew. It’s going to show us exactly what a person actually does with wisdom, what happens once they have it, and what it protects them from. This is the chapter where […]
Hokmah and Chakam: What Wisdom Means in Proverbs
Welcome to week two of the three characters in Proverbs series. If you haven’t read or listened to the first one yet, go start there, since everything this week builds on it. Last time we learned that hokmah, the Hebrew word behind wisdom, is really a skill word. It’s the word used for craftsmen, sailors, […]
The Wise, the Fool, and the Simple in Proverbs
Proverbs gets treated like a fortune cookie a lot of the time. People pull isolated one-liners out of it about ants and money and staying out of trouble, and they miss what the book is actually doing. Proverbs opens by naming three specific kinds of people, and it doesn’t assume you might become one of […]
Moses and Fear: From Fearful to Fearing the Lord
We remember Moses as the guy who stood up to Pharaoh, split the sea, and walked down a mountain with the Law in his hands. What we don’t talk about nearly as much is how afraid he was through most of it. Fear followed Moses from a basket on the Nile all the way to […]