by Darren Hammermeister | Oct 17, 2017 | Obedience, Proverbs, Wisdom
The Happy Results of Acquiring Wisdom (Proverbs 2:12-22) We are going to examine Proverbs 2:12-22. Please take the time to read the passage before the comments in this post. In this post, we will continue our discussion about the happy results of acquiring wisdom. In...
by Darren Hammermeister | Sep 15, 2017 | Happiness, Obedience, Proverbs, Wisdom
The Happy Results of Acquiring Wisdom Do you want to be happy? That is a stupid question – everyone wants to be happy. In fact, it seems as if our society is filled with people who spend an inordinate amount of time trying to find happiness or to be happy. There is...
by Darren Hammermeister | Sep 15, 2017 | Baptism, Christ, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ - Baptism, Jesus Christ - Ministry, John the Baptist, Messiah, Saviour
Please take the time to read the passage (Luke 3:21-38) before the post below. In this passage Luke presents the beginning of Jesus’ earthly ministry. In order to properly understand this passage we need to be aware of certain features: First, Jesus’ earthly ministry...
by Darren Hammermeister | Aug 30, 2017 | Christ, Easy-believism, Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, Messiah, Obedience, Repentance, Salvation
We saw from the previous post on this passage that John the Baptist was not like so many modern-day preachers who use smooth sounding words to ingratiate the audience. John told the people of Israel what they needed to know. Verses 10-14 show us how the people...
by Darren Hammermeister | Aug 16, 2017 | Fool, Obedience, Proverbs, Salvation, Scorner, Simple, Wisdom, Wise
You will recall from previous posts that Proverbs 1:1-9:18 contain the prologue of the book, and the first 7 verses contain introductory material. Beginning in 1:8 and extending to 9:18 are 12 separate poems. In the last post we considered the first poem (vv. 8-19)....
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