Proverbs 31 and the woman who fears the Lord, opened with thanks to a congregation that sent a generation of children to camp.
Ecclesiastes 1:8 and the eye never satisfied with seeing. The key word is desire, and the question is what desire is actually for.
Proverbs 13:25 opens the January wisdom series, on appetite and enough — part of a deliberate year-long pass through every genre of Scripture.
Proverbs 10:19 and the question of whether there is a speed bump between your mind and your mouth. Jesus locates words in the heart, not the head.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12. Two are better than one, stated flatly with no 'sometimes' attached — and friendship, not only family, is what fills that role.
Proverbs 1:20-23 and wisdom crying out in the street — taking herself to a busy corner in the narrow streets of Jerusalem and preaching there.