England instituted a "pajama ban" to keep public employees from being lax. "Dressing down" or lax or casual dress standards for Sabbath services indicates a Laodicean or disrespectful approach to worship. How we dress reveals what is in …
Though most of the ancient manuscripts of the Bible agree, wide variation exists among English translations, a fact that becomes evident after perusing several. Translation, it has been said, is an art and not a science, blending verbal …
In the time when paganism was dominant, people tried to worship all the gods in the pantheon, but usually they had a particular fondness for a certain deity. For instance, soldiers may have preferred Mars, the god of war, while their …
(5) It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
(6) For like the crackling of thorns under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool.
This also is vanity.
(7) Surely oppression destroys a wise man's reason,
And a bribe debases the heart.
(8) The end of a thing is better than its beginning;
The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
(9) Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry,
For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
(10) Do not say,
"Why were the former days better than these?"
For you do not inquire wisely concerning this.
(11) Wisdom is good with an inheritance,
And profitable to those who see the sun.
(12) For wisdom is a defense as money is a defense,
But the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.
(13) Consider the work of God;
For who can make straight what He has made crooked?
(14) In the day of prosperity be joyful,
But in the day of adversity consider:
Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other,
So that man can find out nothing that will come after him.
Solomon's fifth piece of wisdom in this chapter is that we must not let pride get the better of us by allowing ourselves to reject correction from a person we know has experience in a difficulty we are going through (Ecclesiastes …
Some of the most exciting stories are about men and women who rise to the occasion. Firefighters rescue people from danger. Police officers stop the bad guys in their tracks. Medal of Honor heroes risk their lives in serving others, sometimes paying the ultimate price in their sacrifice. Truly, their bravery is admirable. But everyday heroes are all around us: housewives, grandparents, students, secretaries, truck drivers, accountants, teachers, and nurses. No matter who we are or what we do, we can all be heroes. "Hero" does not appear in the New King James Version of the Bible. However, …
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