wise counsel – Household Words:

Respect Your Elders. 2 Chronicles 10:7.

The Bible contains a few things so vulgar you may never hear them in a sermon. This is one of them. And yes, I have misgivings writing about it. After Solomon’s son Rehoboam became king, the people of Israel came to him complaining Solomon had worked them too hard. They had built the temple, theContinue reading “Respect Your Elders. 2 Chronicles 10:7.”

You Can Only Trust Your Heart Sometimes. Jeremiah 17:9.

Novelists wrestle with a constant struggle: how do you balance action with heart? Books and movies often open with car chases and gunfights, but it takes only a minute or two before audiences ask ‘Who am I supposed to root for? Why do I care about them? Who ARE these people?’ Action without heart feelsContinue reading “You Can Only Trust Your Heart Sometimes. Jeremiah 17:9.”

Seek Wise Counsel.

You never know how God may speak. We must pray—and we must listen. God speaks through His word, prayer, circumstances, other people, and He may even speak through your enemies. Do you realize that? Judah’s King Amaziah was a pretty good king, generally following the Lord more closely than the kings of Israel such asContinue reading “Seek Wise Counsel.”

This Devo About Counseling is Rated PG13– Not a Story for Children.

To whom will you listen? There are the older and wiser, sages who have experience. They give advice. There are also young people, “influencers,” people who have achieved little but are beautiful or good talkers or cool and smooth and fashionable or super-funny. They too give advice. When Gregg Matte resigned from his college ministryContinue reading “This Devo About Counseling is Rated PG13– Not a Story for Children.”

Listen to Wise Counsel.

Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, had a question. He got advice from the old men who had served his father, then from the young men who were his childhood friends. Guess who gave the better advice? The old men. Why? Because they had experience. Don’t you realize how valuable that is? Rehoboam took the advice of theContinue reading “Listen to Wise Counsel.”