wisdom

May 5, 2013

by Jeffrey W. Hamilton I. What would you consider valuable? A. Money, home, job, a good life? B. Yet there is something more valuable; more important C. Today we will talk about wisdom II. What is wisdom? A. Can you name something that is wise? 1. Many say an owl is. But it is just a bird 2. It’s traits are those…

I love coming to your site

March 30, 2013

Question: I love coming to your site to read the scriptures. The lesson about “Wisdom” was great reading and very understanding. Keep up the good work! I’m being more thankful and remembering good things. I’m trying to stay positive because I know Jesus has me. Answer: I’m happy to have been of service.

Becoming Wise Men

March 17, 2013

by Steven Harper When Job had suffered some great losses due to the devil’s personal attack on him, we are told “when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together…

A Tale of Two Women

March 10, 2013

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/TaleOfTwoWomen.mp3 Text: Proverbs 1:20-33 I. Solomon addresses the book of Proverbs to young men – Proverbs 1:8 A. And in the course of his advice on many subjects, he introduces us to two women: Wisdom and unnamed immoral woman B. These aren’t actual women but personifications of two ideas C. The question left hanging in the air is…

Are we wiser today than prior generations?

March 16, 2011

Question: I believe that I have wisdom that I have obtained from a society that has evolved. It is because of the Bible, and other resources similar to it, that we as humans have been able to communicate our thoughts and rationalize our actions, but we have only grown from it, not depended upon it. Therefore,…

The “Folly” of God

November 26, 2009

by Ethan R. Longhenry This was not the expected script. The time, of course, was right. Four grand empires had been prophesied (cf. Daniel 2, 7); Babylon and Medo-Persia were long gone, the age of the Greeks was over, and Rome was now in power. He was supposed to be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2);…

Wisdom and Youth

June 5, 2009

by Marshall Reid via Gospel Power, Vol. 15, No. 29, July 20, 2008. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was a teenager at Florida College, full of energy and life, feeling like I could take on the world. I was going to be successful. I was going to be somebody. I had so…

Is Jesus the wisdom of God?

March 21, 2008

Question: I have read that Jesus is called the “wisdom of God” in I Corinthians. Is he also the wisdom in Proverbs 8? If not, please do show me what or who the wisdom is in Proverbs 8. Thank you, sir. Answer: “For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach…

Who is the faithful and wise servant in Matthew 25:45-47?

April 9, 2006

Question: The King James Version says at Matthew 24:45-47, “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make…

Is It Wise?

January 2, 2004

by Garreth L. Clair Many people today are living their lives a certain way because they have decided that is the way they want to live. Everyone lives a certain way today because they have made the choice to live that way. Environmental conditioning has played a part in the lifestyle of each of us even…

Education Is Not the Enemy

October 20, 0020

by Doy Moyer Knowledge is not the enemy of God’s people, and this means that education is not the enemy either, for one must participate in some form of education in order to receive knowledge. While knowledge without love puffs up (I Corinthians 8:1), knowledge itself is not the root problem. On the other hand,…