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Only Following Your Heart

Words of Wisdom Articles are mini articles that have been printed in the Oneida, TN, Independent Herald newspaper since September 2019. “Words of Wisdom” is published online weekly and available on: www.ihoneida.com/words-of-wisdom/ . This week's contribution is Only Following Your Heart for January 10, 2023

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Graduation Skills

Words of Wisdom Articles are mini articles that have been printed in the Oneida, TN, Independent Herald newspaper since September 2019. “Words of Wisdom” is published online weekly and available on: www.ihoneida.com/words-of-wisdom/ . This week's contribution is Graduation Skills for May 17, 2022. 

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Obeying the Ultimate Authority: An Olympic Example

Edd Sterchi's Obeying the Ultimate Authority: An Olympic Example, is now available in Publications from Guest Authors.

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8 Reasons to Listen to Reason: Part 1

My commentary on Proverbs segment #21, 8 Reasons to Listen to Reason, 1 - 3, taken from Proverbs 8:1-11, is now available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs

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Proverbs 1:20-33 Commentary Segment #5 Available

My Commentary Segment #5 for Proverbs 1:20-33, Listen to Wisdom, is now available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs. The entire series can be used as a basis for individual or group Bible study.


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Only Follow Your Heart: Mini Article

Children are raised with the encouragement to: “Follow your heart.”  But this advice ignores the warning: “O LORD, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps” (Jeremiah 10:23).  God rejected people who “walked in the imagination of his evil heart " (Jeremiah 11:8).  After punishing them, God said: "they shall walk no more after t…

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Psalm 41: God's Mercy For the Poor

My commentary for Psalm 41God's Mercy For the Poor, is available in Devotions from Psalms, in Commentaries.

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Proverbs 2:10-22 - God's Wisdom Delivers From Perverse Teachers: Commentary #7

My commentary #7 on Proverbs 2:10-22God's Wisdom Delivers From Perverse Teachers and Immoral Women, is available in Studies in the book of Proverbs in Commentaries.

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Proverbs 24:11 - 12 - What Baby's Blood Is On Your Hands? Commentary #167

My commentary #167 on Proverbs 24:11 - 12What Baby's Blood Is On Your Hands?, is available in Studies in the book of Proverbs in Commentaries.

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Proverbs 8:12 - 21 - Why Listen To Reason, No. 4? Commentary #22

My commentary #22 on Proverbs 8:12 - 21Why Listen To Reason? No. 4, is available in Studies on the book of Proverbs in Commentaries.

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Psalm 32: Commentary Available

My commentary for Psalm 32Happiness in Forgiveness, is available in Devotions from Psalms, in Commentaries.

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No Church Is As Good As God's Church

My new article No Church Is As Good As God's Church is available in Bible Articles.

It was published in the Gospel Gleaner in January/ February, 2017.

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#98 Proverbs 15:22 - Where Do We Go From Here?

Reflecting on graduation, my commentary #98 on Proverbs 15:22Where Do We Go From Here?, is available in Studies on the book of Proverbs in Commentaries.

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Psalm 119:17 - 24 Gimel: Finding One's Way

My commentary for Psalm 119:17 - 24, which relates to the Hebrew letter GimelFinding One's Way, is available in Devotions from Psalm 119, in Commentaries.

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Words of Wisdom: March 20 - 24, 2017

Please find my Words of Wisdom as Audio and as Transcripts for the days:

3/20/2017: Change of Seasons

3/21/17/2017: Blessed Abstinence

3/22/2017: Light and Darkness

3/23/2017: Skin Kin

3/24/2017: Sin Kin

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Spiritual Growth in the Kingdom: Matthew 5:27 - 37

My Bible Study Spiritual Growth in the Kingdom: Matthew 5:27 - 37 is available in my study material on the Sermon On the Mount.

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How Many Churches Can Be Under One Eldership?

My article How Many Churches Can be Under One Eldership? is now available in Bible Articles. It first appeared in the Gospel Gleaner in May, 2013.

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Words of Wisdom: March 7 - 11, 2016

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03/07/2016: Who Can Claim Salvation?

03/08/2016: The Gift of the Holy Spirit

03/09/2016: The Wrath of Man

03/10/2016: The Rule for Civilization

03/11/2016: The God of the Seas

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Words of Wisdom: Latest Transcripts Available

Transcripts from Words of Wisdom for the week of March 7th 2016 are now available on the Transcripts page.

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Words of Wisdom: February 15 - 19, 2016

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02/15/2016: The Youth Vote

02/16/2016: Good, Old Consciences

02/17/2016: A Lost Generation

02/18/2016: War and the Fear of God

02/19/2016: Why People Don't Come to Church

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