Daily Challenges Archive
“Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.”
I’ve talked about being messy mortals. Rick Riordan wrote about messy immortals: “Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is remind each other that we’re related, for better or for worse… and try to ...
“From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things, but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.”
Lost people typically have an insatiable appetite for sin. Sometimes they pursue particular sins with an appetite that drives them deeper and deeper into darkness. Those trapped in sexual sin, alcoholism, or even the pursuit of money and power wil...
“No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.”
Those in the world of theology who keep up with such things would tell us that this represents one of the 8,800 promises God makes to us in Scripture. The righteous cannot be uprooted. That’s the promise. It should give great comfort and encourage...
“Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.”
Another translation puts it this way: “Riches won’t help on the day of judgment, but right living can save you from death.” For all the power that money seems to bring someone in life, it is totally impotent in death. Many people spend their entir...
“The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.”
Don Cornell wrote and recorded a song titled No Man Is an Island. No Man Is an Island is also the title of a 1955 book by the Trappist monk Thomas Merton. Joan Baez is better known for recording John Donne’s meditation No Man Is an Island as a spo...
But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.”
Satan does not advertise the consequences of sin. However, they are not all that difficult to see if you look. The eyes of the lost are blinded spiritually, preventing them from seeing the spiritual death that awaits them because of their sin. Yet...
“Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight, I have power.”
Someone once told me that this verse sounds incredibly arrogant. They said it actually sounds a lot like most politicians we hear these days. One of the tragedies of politics is the belief that you have to constantly market yourself. However, Solo...
“With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.”
If we don’t know God’s truth, it can be very easy for someone to lead us astray. There’s no shortage of people who will twist His truth. A different word here or there in a passage of Scripture can completely change its meaning, making it inaccura...
“You have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.”
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...
“She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.”
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...
“Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.”
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...
“Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.”
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...
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