Daily Challenges Archive

It’s an interesting conundrum that can occur with this verse. Solomon is talking about making a commitment and then figuring out how to follow through and get it done as quickly as possible once you realize you’ve made a bad decision or regret wha...

I’ve read this chapter of Proverbs hundreds of times before. The evil temptations and traps of the adulterous woman are a very common theme with Solomon, and for good reason. Adultery is running rampant in our culture. It has become increasingly c...

Solomon is admonishing his son—and all of us—not to forget where we came from or the instruction we have been given. To remember our roots in God. In the noise of today’s world, it is easy to forget what we were taught in Sunday school, from the p...

I’ve been around a lot of people over my lifetime who believe they are always right. You’ve probably met a few—maybe even more than a few. I recently read a C.S. Lewis quote in which he said that just about everybody walks into a room believing th...

Solomon often reminds us of the incredible value and privilege of building a repository of God’s truth in our hearts and minds. I’m preparing a message to preach in a couple of weeks, and it is all about the amazing promises of Jesus. He made 105 ...

In this chapter, Solomon talks about why he wrote the book of Proverbs. It was intended specifically for his son, as well as other young men his son’s age. As we’ve learned over the centuries and millennia, it is valuable for all of us as follower...

There are many examples, both of individuals like Henry David Thoreau, and movements throughout the centuries, that have sought to achieve what Solomon talks about in this verse—having neither too much nor too little, a concept often referred to a...

The 1952 movie High Noon is an example of a good sheriff who is completely left on his own to take on all the bad guys. He finds himself on his own against a gang of killers. It made for a good movie over seventy years ago. We don’t often see that...

I had a friend the other day who asked me if I wanted a boat or a new truck. I said neither; I was doing just fine. I asked him what prompted his question, and he began to explain to me how he thinks he’s going to come into some money through one ...

At its simplest, Solomon warns us in this verse that the future is both unpredictable and not guaranteed. Humility dictates that we leave much of our outcomes in God’s hands. I was part of a group that made a documentary. We had an amazing and hig...

Obviously, cutting off your feet or drinking poison sounds like a really, really bad idea. Nobody would willingly do that. I read the first part of Solomon’s message here and realize how vital this was in his day, when there were no cell phones, f...

I just spent a day with a friend who believes all of us have addiction issues. Maybe not with drugs, alcohol, pornography, or many of the other common addictions we regularly hear about, but addictions nonetheless. Solomon reminds us that when we ...