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Ought We To Be: Slides Now Available

My sermon from December 12, 2021, Ought We To Be from 2 Peter 3:9-11, is now available in Sermon Powerpoints.

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Words of Wisdom Radio, February 14 - 18, 2021

My Words of Wisdom Audios are 1-minute radio lessons which are studies from the Bible for our current times. They are broadcast on www.wecoradio.com / FM 101.3 after the noon news; and they are also available in Words of Wisdom Radio, with transcripts available at Words of Wisdom Radio Transcripts. This week's lessons are:

- 14/2    Love Is Not a Valentine  
- 15/2    Love the Church of…

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Proverbs Commentary Continues with Segments #122, #123, #124

Your weekly Bible study continues with Proverbs commentary segments #122: Why Santa Claus Is Popular based on Proverbs 17:8Segment #123: Experience Hurts - Wisdom Doesn't based on Proverbs 17:10; and Segment #124: Which Is Worse: A Savage Bear Or A Stupid Fool? based on Proverbs 17:12. These and my complete Proverbs Commentary are available for FREE to download in Studies in the Boo…

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The Bible Is the Voice of God

The Bible is the Voice of God to His World. God “has in these last days spoken to us by His Son” (Hebrews 1:2). The Apostles spoke, “not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual words” (1 Corinthians 2:13). Jesus taught “But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,…

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Proverbs Commentary Continues: Proverbs 16:16, 17, 19

My Proverbs commentary continues with  Segment #110 - Proverbs 16:16 - Coins or Christ?; Segment #111 - Proverbs 16:17 - There Is Only One Highway to Heaven; and Segment #112 - Proverbs 16:19 - To the Victor Goes the Spoil, which are now FREE and available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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QA: Where Is God When Storms Cause Death?

My QA: Where is God when storms cause death and destruction? from December 12, 2021, is now available in Questions Answered.

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Weekly Bible Study in Proverbs Continues

My Proverbs Commentary continues for your weekly Bible study with the following segments:

#81: Don't Drown In a Rainstorm! taken from Proverbs 14:9 and Proverbs 22:3

#83: Simply Lost, taken from Proverbs 14:15-16 and Proverbs 1:4

#84: The Wicked Should Take a Bow! taken from Proverbs 14:19, Proverbs 21:18, and Proverbs 22:12

#85: With Friends Like These ... taken from Proverbs 14:…

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Psalm Commentary for Psalm 49 and Psalm 50

My Commentary Devotions from Psalms continues with Psalm 49 and Psalm 50, which are available in Devotions from Psalms. The full Psalms commentary can be used for personal Bible study or classroom discussion.

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An Intelligence Test: Mini Article Now Available

Paul’s first missionary trip began on the island of Cyprus: “And when they arrived in Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They also had John as their assistant. Now when they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus, who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man…

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Proverbs 12:8-10 Commentary Now Available

My Proverbs commentary continues with Segment #53: How To Be Remembered based on Proverbs 12:8 and Proverbs 18:3; Segment #54: Who Has Bragging Rights? based on Proverbs 12:9, Proverbs 25:16, Proverbs 25:27, and Proverbs 27:2; and Segment #55: Pets R People? taken from Proverbs 12:10. These are available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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Mary and Martha - Lois Reynolds Carpenter

Lois Reynold Carpenter's poem about Mary and Martha, based on Luke 10:38-42, is now available in Publications On Family.

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Proverbs Commentaries Continue: Segments #154, #155, #156

My Proverbs commentary continues with Segment #154 Scram Scram! taken from Proverbs 21:6-7; Segment #155 A Rambling Wreck, taken from Proverbs 21:16; and Segment #156 Where to Discover Oil, taken from Proverbs 21:20.

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Proverbs Commentary Continues with Segments #157 and #158

My Proverbs commentary continues with Segment #157: Weak Shall Overcome, taken from Proverbs 21:22, and #158: Choose One: A Statue's Face or An Obedient Heart?, taken from Proverbs 21:29, Proverbs 28:14, and Proverbs 29:1. They are available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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Proverbs Segment #161: The Sin of Revisionist History

My Proverbs Commentary continues with Segment #161: The Sin of Revisionist History, recently REVISED and based on Proverbs 22:28 and Proverbs 23:10-11. All my Proverbs commentary is available FOR FREE TO DOWNLOAD on Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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Proverbs Segment #76: You Said Wha-a-t?

My Proverbs commentary continues with Proverbs 14:3 featured in Segment #76: You Said Wha-a-t?, which is now available in Studies from the Book of Proverbs.

 

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Proverbs Segment #75: Straighten Up and Fly Right!

My Proverbs Commentary continues with Segment #75: Straighten Up and Fly Right! taken from Proverbs 14:2, Proverbs 28:26, Proverbs 15:33, Proverbs 16:6, Proverbs 19:23, Proverbs 21:8, and Proverbs 22:4-5. It is now available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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QA: What Does "Fear of the Lord Begins Wisdom" Mean?

My QA: What does it mean that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"?, dated August 29, 2021, is now available in Questions Answered.

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Have a Good Heart: Mini Article Now Available

Solomon said: “He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But whoever walks wisely will be delivered” (Proverbs 28:26).  Jeremiah wrote: "The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9); and “O LORD, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps (Jeremiah 10:23). God’s inspired Word tells us no…

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Proverbs Segment #82: What Were You Thinking?

My Proverbs Commentary continues with Segment #82: What Were You Thinking? based on Proverbs 14:12, is now available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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Psalm 4: Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

My Psalm Commentary continues with Psalm 4: Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, is now available in Devotions from Psalms.

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