Posts Tagged ‘scoffers’
How do I deal with someone who makes fun of my beliefs?
Question: Hello brother, I hope you’re doing well. I have some questions for you, and I wanted to know if you can help me. I would like to give you a little bit of context first. I was at work and it was almost time to leave, I was here in a conversation with two…
Read MoreWhen Wisdom Calls
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/When-Wisdom-Calls.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Proverbs 1:20-33 I. Will Rogers once said, “Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing, nobody listens and then everybody disagrees.” A. I’m sure those in politics get frustrated when it seems no one listens. B. But then we all do. We might not be the deepest…
Read MoreThe Scoffer’s Starting Error
by Terry Wane Benton “For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water” (II Peter 3:5). Peter is countering the scoffer’s argument that “all things continue the same from creation.” Peter shows that the creation saw a…
Read MoreHow can I convince a person who says religious people are all hypocrites?
Question: There is this person that seems to make fun of me for having a religion — Catholic or not (this person used to be Lutheran), this person believes that people who go to church are all hypocrites. I just try and hold back my tears. How can I let this person know, not to…
Read MoreHow do the warnings about correcting scoffers in Proverbs 9:7-9 affect our understanding of Matthew 18:15-20?
Question: How do the warnings about correcting scoffers in Proverbs 9:7-9 affect our understanding of Matthew 18:15-20? Answer: “He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, and he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself. Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.…
Read MoreCould you explain Proverbs 26:3 and 19:29?
Question: Well, I can’t quite figure out: Proverbs 26:3 “A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool’s back.” and: Proverbs 19:29 “Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.” Answer: Proverbs 26:3 is dealing with control or the giving of direction. A rider of a…
Read MoreHow an Old-Time Preacher Handled Mischief
Author Unknown One of the best-known preachers of the first half of the last century was J. D. Tant (1861-1941). My Dad knew brother Tant and heard him preach. A few months before Dad died, he was telling me about some of the preachers he had known and some of the things that had transpired…
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