Teaching by Tag: Wisdom
Colossians, Part 2: What it Means to Walk the Walk
Eternal hope leads to faith and love, building a foundation to know God’s will through spiritual wisdom and knowledge, resulting in a walk that, by His power, is characterized by endurance, patience, and joy.
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Thinking Matters
What we think is very powerful, but there is a problem with our thinking because our minds are not, by nature, God-worshiping minds. They are self-worshiping minds. “The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace” (Romans 8:6).
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The Need for Humility in a Time of Crisis
We will either humble ourselves before God, or He will humble us. If we are rooted and grounded in Christ, we find that in Him is all wisdom and all knowledge. When we acknowledge our brokenness, that is when wisdom flows.
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Take It From an Old Man
An “old guy” encourages young people (and not-so-young people) to live lives filled with wisdom and integrity.
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In the Beginning, Part 50: Pharaoh’s Dreams
Pharaoh has absolutely everything—but in reality he has nothing. Joseph has absolutely nothing—but in reality he has everything. Joseph’s encounter with Pharaoh has echoes of revelation, illumination, identity, and suffering, all of which find their fulfillment in Christ.
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Cutting Through the Noise
We live in a world full of noise with many voices vying for influence over our lives. Only the voice of God should have the final say.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 38: The Trajectory of Sin
By nature man is addicted to knowledge and allergic to wisdom.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 32: Lean Not on Your Own Understanding
Our understanding is unsafe if it is not aligned with Scripture. Unlike Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, or Esau, we must trust in the Lord with all our hearts.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 7: The Start of Societies
The more a nation advances in prosperity, the more it decreases in morality. The more a nation advances in knowledge, the more it decreases in wisdom.
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Unwise: How to Lose at the Comparison Game
Comparison makes idols out of what we don’t have.
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Proverbs: A Life of Wisdom, Part 12
We can see the future coming. Therefore, the fear of the Lord must be in place before it arrives. The fear of the Lord is the guiding principle for gaining wisdom.
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When we exchange greed for generosity, we will be set free from the love of money.
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Pride is a declaration of independence from God. Our pride blinds us to our pride.
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Envy and jealousy stem from idolatry. Our idolatry is our identity. But our true identity is the fact that we are pilgrims in this world, that we are forgiven, and that we have eternal life in Christ.
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Anger reveals the sin nature within us. It can only be conquered by coming to the only One who lived a perfectly righteous life.
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