It is so that God expects governments to rule justly and to care for the poor. However it is not, in the first place, the State's responsibility to care for the poor. When for example, we read the book of Proverbs, it is quite clear how God thinks about the poor and what His ins...
Illustrated by the concepts of wisdom and understanding in the Book of Proverbs, an exegesis of the scriptural texts of Proverbs 1:1-7 and Proverbs 8:1-21 help conceptualize discernment as the ability to regulate one's thinking in the acquisition and application of knowledge to make decisions ...
Also in Proverbs we see this, Proverbs 11:25 ” The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall be water also himself.” Spiritual laws often instruct us to do the opposite of what a carnal, or worldly mind, thinks we should do. Isaiah 55:8 “For my thoughts are no...
Proverbs and Quotations Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know. — Aldous Huxley 大多无知是可以克服的。我们不知道只是因为我们不想知道。 ——奥尔德斯·赫胥黎 He knows not what love is that has no children. 没有子女的人不知道什么是爱。 Habit is...
Classically, wisdom is considered to come with age. Some religions consider wisdom a gift granted by God. The Jewish book of Proverbs in the Old Testament states Fear of God is the beginning of Wisdom`. However, the Christian Bible as a whole recognises that wisdom can come both as a gift...
”Proverbs 18:15 Seven centuries before Christ, the birth of the Savior was prophesied: “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14 ...
依我个人的理解,其含义大概有二:一是同在屋檐下生活的一家人,要心往一处想,劲往一处使,不能身在曹营心在汉.. “The whole family did not say two speeches” are people's commonly used proverbs.According to mine understanding, its meaning probably has two: One, with whole family who lives under ...
Israelite wisdom, literature, David Penchansky argues, records the disputes of ancient sages over basic human questions: What is the purpose of life? Is God just? Why do we suffer? Does God even exist? Penchansky sees confl icting answers to these questions in Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes,...
Again, I have not read his new book, but I’d expect it to be like most much of the tradcon advice given the above sermons and series I listed to but perhaps a bit better. I’d assume he’s read Tennant and Foster’s book “It’s good to be a man” at the very least. To...
Sweet Tiny Joyner, today is a day that I will never forget. The ache that was once so heavy is lighter now. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord.* These words used to sting so badly. The tears burned hot. Now, I can read them with more...