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This chapter of Proverbs changes in terms of format from the previous chapters. Here, we are now presented plainly a series of proverbs without additional commentary. Commentators have tackled this chapter in a variety of ways. Some go verse by verse and others try to pluck out some themes. The...
The English Standard Version Bible (ESV) titles this psalm "A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite." It is not altogether clear what the word "Shiggaion" means but Matthew Henry and C.H. Spurgeon both indicate it to mean a song.
It is unclear...
I present this sermon without (much) comment. This is a very helpful sermon where (deceased) Rev. Lloyd-Jones goes through the bible and tells us what the bible can teach us about the (good) angels: what they are, what their relationship is to God and the various ways they help mankind. I have...
This chapter of Proverbs continues with a discussion of the nature and ways of Wisdom (and later contrasts it with those of Folly). You can imagine the spirits of Wisdom and Folly going here and there throughout the town competing for the souls of men and women and calling for us to listen to...
Psalm 6, which calls for stringed instrument accompaniment, is the first "penitential" psalm (see David Guzik commentary; C.H. Spurgeon commentary). Per C.H. Spurgeon, the psalm "expresses at once the sorrow [], the humiliation [], and the hatred of sin [] which are the unfailing marks of the...
In the fall of 1938 panic swept this country. A radio broadcast was reporting strange sightings all across the United States. These sightings turned out to be harbingers of an alien invasion. Mars had invaded earth! What turned out to be a radio drama based off of the H.G. Wells' novel War of...
Another A.W. Tozer sermon for today. This one is titled "Dangers in the Way: The Enemy You Don't See Coming." In this sermon Tozer warns us that there is a constant battle of ideas going on all around us. The fallen world is trying to get us to buy into its conception of things and we must...
I feel this sermon by A.W. Tozer titled "Beware of the Religious Word Game" (which I highly recommend listening to) is more relevant today than it was when it was originally preached. Tozer discusses the playing of games in his day and defines the game as (to paraphrase) a problem that is...
Having ended our discussion of Chapter 7 warning against the ways of the adulteress we proceed to Chapter 8 with a description of the ways and nature of Wisdom, who serves almost as a foil to the adulteress.
1. Wisdom Seeks Out Man. Like the adulteress, wisdom seeks out man, but not to destroy...
The title for this psalm in the English Standard Version (ESV) is "To the Choirmaster: For the Flutes. A Psalm of David." From my review of Charles Spurgeon's commentary and Matthew Henry's commentary there appears to be some debate as to whether this was the original title and whether or not...
We continue this discussion of Proverbs with Chapter 7. In this chapter there is again a repetition of the admonishment to make wise choices (choose the good!); to observe and become wiser and to flee adultery and the adulteress.
1. Choose Life. We are instructed to "keep the commandments and...
We continue in this series with Psalm 4, which is titled "To The Choirmaster; with Stringed Instruments. A Psalm of David" (ESV). Let us note here this psalm conveys instructions to a choirmaster. So this is the first psalm that is explicitly indicated to be performed to the accompaniment of...
This psalm is entitled "A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son" (Psalm 3 ESV). Before we begin delving into the psalm it would be worthwhile to provide some context. For those who are not familiar, David was the King of Israel who ruled after Israel's first King Saul was slain in...
To make a long story short I was prompted to write this post because it's cold outside. Now given the time of year this is not a surprise and I usually would be inclined not to give such things a second thought but I am currently reading A.W. Tozer's The Pursuit of God and he was discussing how...
Our Proverbs discussion continues with Chapter 6 below.
1. Do Not Put Up Security for a Neighbor or a Stranger. We should be reluctant to put up for the debts of another as we should be prepared to pay all if that person is not able to pay their loan (Proverbs 6:1-2 ESV). As pointed out by...
We continue our journey through the psalms with this famous Christological psalm, which foretells the coming of Jesus Christ and the fulfillment of his kingdom.
Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together...
We continue our discussion of Proverbs with Chapter 5, which continues many themes presented in previous chapters.
1. Discretion is Important. We should "keep discretion" that "our lips may guard knowledge" (Proverbs 5:2 ESV). If we track the Lord's ministry we see that he had at various times...
Continuing our discussion of Psalm 1 we are asked, what is the blessed man, the righteous man like?
He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does he prospers.
The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that...
This is the first entry of my planned blog series to discuss each of the psalms of the psaltery. I plan to continue with Proverbs as well and I do not know if I will be able to keep up with the one-a-day pace for each of these but the goal is to finish both eventually.
As mentioned by C.H...
Chapter 4 wraps up with a variety of directives specifically related to our members and how we should control them (please see David Guzik's commentary).
1. Mind Your Heart. We should be diligent and watchful shepherds of our heart "for from it flow the springs of life" (Proverbs 4:23 ESV). Our...