Wisdom for Christian Living - A Study Through the Book of Proverbs

Proverbs 24 warns against envying evil people or joining them in their destructive ways, and it calls for justice without partiality. Wisdom teaches God’s people to choose their companions carefully and make judgments by truth rather than

Scripture calls God's people to care for the poor without adopting the world's false answers to poverty. Wealth is an opportunity for good and gospel witness, and mercy should begin with the household of faith before extending outward.

Working through Proverbs 22:6, this message confronts the guilt and unbalanced teaching that often surround this popular verse and calls parents to faithful, balanced training rather than a formula guaranteeing outcomes. It stresses that

Proverbs 21 and Proverbs 16 expose man's self-deception and God's righteous assessment of the heart. Life reveals motives and attitudes, but the Lord weighs the heart and uses his word to examine and reshape his people.

Closing a four-week study of Proverbs on alcohol, the sermon argues that while drinking itself may be a matter of conscience, the personal risk to holiness and to the conscience of others makes abstaining the wiser and safer path.

Continuing through Proverbs 23:32-35, this message traces the drunkard's distorted reality, reckless speech, and delirious, dangerous decisions, urging hearers to remember the bitter end of drink and heed Solomon's warning before temptation

Drawing on Proverbs 23:29-32, the sermon paints Solomon's unflinching portrait of the drunkard who lingers over wine and chases stronger drink, and urges families to confront this sin honestly rather than hide it as a private shame.

Opening a series on alcohol from Proverbs 20:1, the sermon shows how Solomon pictures wine and strong drink as mockers and brawlers, then traces the ruin drunkenness brought on Noah, Lot, and the Corinthian church to warn against its

Proverbs calls believers to love the poor, the hurting, and the overlooked with obedience while leaving the results to God. True Christian character is revealed in the heart God exposes and reshapes, not merely in outward acts of service.

Working through Proverbs 11, this message presses hearers to choose discretion and generosity over folly, warning that a beautiful woman without discretion is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.