Daily Challenges Archive
“If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good, surely to flog honest officials is not right.”
There are certainly a lot of questions surrounding the application of certain laws in our country these days. Although there is a great temptation to do so I will not get political at all. Getting political tends to cheapen scripture and takes awa...
“The appetite of laborers works for them; their hunger drives them on.”
Matthew Poole puts it this way: “for his own use and benefit. The scope of the proverb is to commend and press diligence in a man’s calling, and to condemn idleness.” I like that. There is an innate or better yet, God built desire in each of us to...
“The Lord detests the thoughts of the wicked, but gracious words are pure in his sight.”
Hang on for this one. God hears our thoughts. No shock there? How about this one. He hears our thoughts before we think them. Ponder that for a moment and I believe it will grab your deepest imagination. He hears our thoughts before we form them b...
“Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge.”
I am a risk taker. I occasionally frighten some people close to me. I don’t jump out of planes or take dares. I move swiftly when I sense God’s leading. Occasionally I miss it. However, when God is leading waiting too long is a much worse option i...
“He mocks proud mockers but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.”
The eternal, the Holy, the divine God of the universe scorns those who have an arrogant, proud and haughty attitude. God not only has no patience for those people but, Solomon tells us He mocks or “teases or laughs at in a scornful contemptuous ma...
“The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.”
This is another regular theme of Solomon’s that plays itself out throughout scripture. Over the decades I’ve watched this truth in the lives of young people as well as adults. A couple years ago I mentioned that my wife and I had one Bible verse h...
“People curse the one who hoards grain, but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.”
I have often been disappointed by people that seem to expect business leaders to give away their products and services when they are run by Christians. God calls business people to do excellent business. Sometimes they desire to donate their produ...
“As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are sluggards to those who send them.”
I’m always intrigued when back to back days the same issue is discussed by Solomon. Yesterday we talked a bit about a sluggard. Here it is again. Obviously he doesn’t have very positive things to say about them. The Gospel Coalition gives 8 marks ...
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