Devotional
Clothe yourselves with humility
Peter tells elders and young people alike to put on the same garment, and he had seen it worn once.
proverbs
17 pieces
Bible study
Done with sin, alive to God: 1 Peter 4:1-11
A careful walk through the paragraph where Peter turns from Christ's suffering to the shape of a Christian's remaining time.
Devotional
Love covers
Peter says the end is near and then tells us to keep our heads and love each other deeply.
Questions
Do the Proverbs Promise Things That Do Not Come True
Proverbs says the righteous prosper and children trained rightly stay the course, and many faithful people have seen the opposite; what then is the book claiming?
Bible study
A Woman of Strength
Proverbs ends with a portrait of wisdom in an ordinary household, and it repays being read as a whole.
The Plan and the Steps
Proverbs 16:9 leaves room for both human planning and divine direction.
Family
What Proverbs Actually Says About Raising Children
The book has a reputation for harshness on parenting; a closer look finds something more patient and more demanding.
Start Them on the Way
Proverbs 22:6 is quoted in a thousand nurseries, and it repays a careful reading.
Bible study
If You Seek It Like Silver: A Study of Proverbs 2
Proverbs 2 is one long sentence about what wisdom costs, where it comes from, and what it keeps you from.
Living
Slow to Anger Is Stronger Than a Warrior
Proverbs measures strength in a way most of us would not expect.
The Gentle Answer
One sentence from Proverbs 15 can change the temperature of a room.
Knowledge of the Holy One
Proverbs 9 restates the book's first principle and adds a phrase worth stopping over.
Guard the Spring
Proverbs 4 says everything you do flows from one place, and asks you to keep watch over it.
Trust with the Whole Heart
The most quoted verse in Proverbs asks for more than agreement; it asks for the whole heart.
Where Knowledge Begins
Proverbs opens with a claim about the starting line, and everything after depends on it.
A Woman of Noble Character
The whole town knows what Ruth is, and Boaz says so before he says anything else.
Bible study
Two Books and One Voice: Psalm 19 Worked Through
An in-depth study of Psalm 19, the psalm that binds creation, Scripture, and the human heart into a single act of revelation