Conference begins at 7pm tonight!
Proverbs 27:5, 6
Better is open rebuke
Than hidden love.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
Profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
Straight from Bruce Waltke, a leading Old Testament commentator: “Secret love is like winking at a girl in the dark; it does neither her nor you any good.” (375) Thank you Mr. [...]
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Proverbs 27: 4
Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
But who can stand before jealousy?
Yes, jealousy is a hateful master. She breaks down those in her service and they fall away. Her effect is like “rottenness in the bones.”
Just think of the tools that jealousy hands to her slaves:
Silent Treatment
Evasiveness - ‘What? [...]
Consider joining us in our “hour of power” tonight at 7
Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
But a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
OK, we’re talking about heavy things. The proverb-writer thinks of a couple of objects from his world - stones and sands - to compare with a fool’s anger. He says, [...]
Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
Bald self-congratulation is quite an ugly thing, but it happens a lot nonetheless. People open their mouths and praise themselves, many times as a contrast to the bad behavior of others. “A lot of people surf the net and chat [...]
First Day of Autumn
Proverbs 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring.
The people of Israel had another, similar proverb: “Let not him who straps on his armor boast himself like he who takes it off.” ( Kings 20:11) We could confuse the aspirations with accomplishment. We might get inappropriate [...]
Sermon preached by Pastor Landry.
Text: Mark 10
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Message: Mark 10:46-52 - Draw Near to God
Passage to Prepare Us for Worship: Genesis 32: 22-32
Psalm 18: 21-51
The LORD dealt with me by my merit,
For my cleanness of hands He requited me.
For I kept the ways of the LORD
And did no evil before my God.
For all His laws were before me.
From His statutes I did not swerve.
And I was blameless before Him,
And I kept myself from crime.
And the LORD requited [...]
Proverbs 24:28, 29
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause,
And do not deceive with your lips.
Do not say, ‘I will do to him as he has done to me’
I will pay the man back for what he has done.”
I don’t know who first said, “Two wrongs don’t make a right.” But it’s a good [...]
Proverbs 24: 27
Prepare your work outside;
Get everything ready for yourself in the field,
And after that build your house.
Here is how to live: do the right things in the right order. You must do both.
Creation, partly, can be explained as God bringing order into the chaos. He divides things, places them where they should be.1 Order [...]