I am going to read the text and see if you can identify which verse as one of the most controversial verses in the history of the Christian church.
Tonight we come to the end of our series of sermons in the Book of Proverbs. We began with an a…
This, the 19th, is our penultimate sermon on Proverbs, the last but one. And it is unusual in that it does not have a single subject. I used to say about my pastor in Aberdeen, Scotland, William Still, that he could have been a preacher of much gr…
We are nearing the end of our series of sermons in Proverbs. We still have a few more Sunday nights before the series is complete, but those many subjects are behind us now that we think of immediately when we review the contents of Proverbs in ou…
There are only so many colors of pencil that one can buy, especially if the colors are to be distinct enough to be easily identified. Various shades of green and blue I have found can be virtually indistinguishable on the page. So I’m now out of t…
I have known some people in my life of whom I would have said they were genuinely humble. They showed all the signs of authentic humility and continued to demonstrate that humility over time and through thick and thin. But I guarantee you that the…
Last time we began our consideration of the teaching of Proverbs concerning guidance or decision-making by pointing out that Bible-believing Christians, for want of better teaching and far too many poor examples, widely imagine that God will direc…
Our lives are made up of and in one respect are the sum of a vast number of decisions. Every day we make decisions. Some of them are of minor importance but now and then we make decisions that alter our lives in fundamental ways and indeed the …
Last Lord’s Day evening we began to consider Proverbs’ teaching regarding the raising of children in a believing home and the cultivation of faith and godliness in the rising generation. We said that fundamental to that sacred work was…
After some weeks away we return to Proverbs and take up another of the principal themes of the book. If you remember, we have recently considered what Proverbs has to teach about the management of controversy, about the importance of hard work, an…
Why is the church as weak as she is? Why can you and I not be more proud of her? Why is the church so often a poor recommendation of the Christian faith? Our Lord said that his disciples would be known for their love for one another and so we ar…