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A Tomato is a Fruit

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Proverbs 1:7 I recently heard a great way to explain the difference between knowledge and wisdom. “Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put the tomato into the fruit salad.” – My friend…

Flying Solo vs. Delegation

Flying Solo vs. Delegation

“Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.” Exodus 18:21 ESV Whatever your life goals may be, there is a principled skill for pulling them…

Man reading his Bible

Why Seminary?

“Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house,…

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Wisdom of the Aged

If you are like me, you have many “sayings” that stick in your mind which you have heard a multitude of times from people older than you. Most of these sayings I really didn’t understand at the time they were said, but as I got older and the perils of wisdom recurrently echoed in my…

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Kindergarten Lesson

Years ago I had a friend who was a precocious young lady. Reaching the age we all have longed to reach of 5 years old, she embarked on her new endeavor of formal education. After just the first day of Kindergarten she came home and excitedly announced to her mother, “Mother, Kindergarten has changed my…

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Living Like a Grandmaster

Today’s blog is going to break from the tome-lengthened posts I’ve been putting out since we began this blog. Invariably I begin with what I think will be a simple idea which then grows and grows like a gremlin fed after midnight. But today is a new day, and just like Solomon wrote, “There is…

the Cross

Wisdom, Pt. 2

Last week, I took on the question of “what is wisdom?” If you saw that blog post, I began explaining King Solomon’s inspired message in the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes. Solomon had been given a supernatural gift of wisdom by God early in his reign as King of Israel. Unfortunately, “the smartest man ever,”…