Tag: biblical wisdom
-
Day 173: More Agur, Please
Most of us spend our lives trying to convince people we’re smarter than we are. Agur begins Proverbs 30 by telling us how little he knows—and that’s exactly why I trust him.
-
Day 173: Women of Valor (Proverbs 31:10)
Does the Proverbs 31 woman inspire you—or exhaust you? What if this famous passage was never intended as a checklist for women at all, but something else entirely? Today, we take a fresh look at the Bible’s “woman of valor.”
-
Day 170: Living Under the Sun (Ecclesiastes 1:3-5)
Ecclesiastes asks one of the most uncomfortable questions in the Bible: What if everything we chase is ultimately meaningless? The Teacher’s answer begins with understanding what life “under the sun” means.
-
Day 075: Twisted Scriptures (Deuteronomy 15:16-17)
I once used Deuteronomy 15 to justify getting my ear pierced—claiming it symbolized my lifelong devotion to the Lord. Looking back, it’s a reminder of how easy it is to twist Scripture to justify what we already want to do.
-
Day 006: Weaponizing Theology (Job 11:6)
Sound theology can heal—or it can wound. In Job 11, Zophar speaks words that are technically true but spiritually cruel, reminding us that truth without love can misrepresent the very God it claims to defend.
-
Day 010: Is Job Just, or Just Arrogant? (Job 27:6)
Job’s declaration—“I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go”—sounds arrogant at first. But when read in light of God’s character and the gospel, Job’s confidence is not pride in himself, but trust that God is righteous, knowable, and just. In Christ, that confidence finds its true fulfillment.
