Scripture “Now you will eat the fruit of what you have done, until you are stuffed full with your own schemes.” ~Proverbs 1:31, CEV Quote Sin and self-satisfaction bring destruction and death to stupid fools. ~Solomon Both the scripture and the quote are true. You don’t need faith to know that sin is destructive. Just open your eyes to what’s…

Foolishness

Scripture Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words. ~Ecclesiastes 10:12, NLT Quote A fool is made more of a fool, when their mouth is more open than their mind.” ~Anthony Liccione Solomon was blessed with a brilliant mind and he did make many outstanding contributions. I love the Proverbs and I love Ecclesiastes…

Our Way Verses His Way

Scripture Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.  ~Proverbs 16:3, NIV Quote The life you long for is found when you put your absolute confidence in Jesus Christ. ~Max Anders   Biblical righteousness is fundamentally an attitude of trust in God and wickedness is not merely disobedience, it is…

Life Can Be Tricky

Scripture There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death. ~Proverbs 14:12 Quote You can’t judge a book by looking at the cover. ~Naola B. Bailey Life is often deceptive and we can fooled by the appearance of things. I learned this lesson the hard way–Things are seldom what…

The Fool

Scripture Have they no knowledge, those evildoers, who eat up My people as they do bread, and do not call upon God? Psalm 53:4, NRSV Quote A fool is anyone who tries to live without God. ~Steven J. Lawson Psalm 53 is almost identical to Psalm 14: both begin by saying, Fools say in their…

No God!

Scripture Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is no one who does good. ~Psalm 14:1, NRSV Quote Sin is always folly and the height of folly is atheism. ~Charles H. Spurgeon The Hebrew wordʼayin is translated into three English words “there is no.” Ayin means…

Liberal Math

Scripture What is a human being that You think about him? What is a son of man that You take care of him? ~Psalm 8:4, NIRV Quote The price someone is willing to pay always determines the worth of a product. ~Ya’akov Those of us who are playing with a full deck know that math is an…

Fatal Forgetfulness

Scripture Israel has forgotten the God who made them. ~Hosea 8:14, NIrV Quote If we ever forget that we are ONE NATION UNDER GOD, we will be ONE NATION GONE UNDER. ~Ronald Wilson Reagan Last Wednesday night after the GATHERING, John Wydner, Don Fields and myself were discussing the plight of the United States. We were…

Foolish People

Scripture Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. ~Proverbs 17:28, ESV Quote Wise men talk because they have something to say: fools because they have to say something. ~Plato I read Proverbs 17:28 in the NIrV yesterday but I did not intend to blog on…