Teaching by Tag: Wisdom
In 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.
Watch / ListenProverbs: A Life of Wisdom, Part 11
When we exchange greed for generosity, we will be set free from the love of money.
Watch / ListenProverbs: A Life of Wisdom, Part 10
Pride is a declaration of independence from God. Our pride blinds us to our pride.
Watch / ListenProverbs: A Life of Wisdom, Part 9
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.
Watch / ListenProverbs: A Life of Wisdom, Part 8
Anger reveals the sin nature within us. It can only be conquered by coming to the only One who lived a perfectly righteous life.
Watch / ListenProverbs: A Life of Wisdom, Part 7
Lord, let me view my life through the lens of Your Word, so that, whether I have a lot or a little, it would be clear that Jesus is the Hero of my story.
Watch / ListenProverbs: A Life of Wisdom, Part 6
The Lord’s discipline is pain lovingly inflicted by God to bring us out of sin and turn us to life.
Watch / ListenProverbs: A Life of Wisdom, Part 5
The greatest deterrent to diligence is prosperity because it allows for endless amusement. But Proverbs says, “Go to the ant” and “consider its ways.”
Watch / ListenProverbs: A Life of Wisdom, Part 4
Temptation is aggressive, it attacks, it will find you, it offers pleasure with no consequences, and it is persuasive. You can’t escape temptation, but with God’s help, you can prepare for it.
Watch / ListenProverbs: A Life of Wisdom, Part 1
The Proverbs guide us to a proper application of knowledge. If you have a lot of knowledge, but you don’t apply it the way God says it needs to be applied, then you end up playing the part of a fool. Knowledge without wisdom is a bounced check.
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Numbering Our Days
Time is a record of history. We can’t slow time, control it, or stop it, but we can apply time, “that we may gain a heart of wisdom” and glorify God.
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Wisdom vs. Intelligence
Wisdom does not guarantee you won’t have problems in life, but is does guarantee you won't be the cause. In the moral realm, intellect is driven by passion; wisdom is driven by truth.
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