by Paul Apple | Mar 31, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE PATH OF WISDOM WILL RECOGNIZE AND AVOID THE COMMON PITFALLS THAT ARE MAJOR LIFE WRECKERS INTRODUCTION: Paul Koptac: The chapter brings together two instructions, both concerning behaviors and associations that the wise person avoids. The first set of...
by Paul Apple | Mar 31, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: AVOID THE PATH OF SEXUAL TEMPTATION WHICH LEADS TO CERTAIN DESTRUCTION INTRODUCTION: Trevor Longman: The father addresses this concern with all the rhetorical power that he can muster because the temptation is great. An intimate relationship with a woman...
by Paul Apple | Mar 31, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: OBEDIENCE FROM THE HEART PRESERVES YOUR LIFE AS YOU PURSUE THE PRIORITY OF THE PATH OF WISDOM INTRODUCTION: Tremper Longman: Here all the emphasis is on the positive results of adopting wisdom, and nothing is said about the punishments of rejecting wisdom...
by Paul Apple | Mar 31, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN WISDOM AND SPIRITUAL MATURITY INVOLVES EMBRACING THE ESSENTIAL HEART COMMITMENTS AND AVOIDING THE TRAPS THAT CONTRADICT GOD’S CHARACTER AND ENDANGER OUR PROSPERITY INTRODUCTION: Ray Ortlund: Why are we studying the Book of Proverbs? ...
by Paul Apple | Mar 31, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE GIFT OF WISDOM FROM THE LORD KEEPS ONE ON THE RIGHT PATH OF UNDERSTANDING AND PROTECTION INTRODUCTION: Steve Zeisler: . . .a series of lessons that a father is teaching his son. A godly father is with his young son, an early adolescent, we can well...
by Paul Apple | Mar 31, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM INTRODUCTION: Roland Murphy: There are two units: vv 8–19, an instruction of the father to the son, and vv 20–33, Wisdom’s speech. The first, vv 10–19, is composed mainly of a warning against the vividly...
