“But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks” (Ephesians 5:3-4). Surely we can see that filthy, smutty, dirty language that spews from a person's heart cannot be canceled out by an hour or a day of “Thanksgiving.”…
Please use the search to locate my entire website content by keyword, title, topic, subject or Bible Book:
Blog posts : "evil"
Weekly Bible Study in Proverbs Continues
My Proverbs Commentary continues for your weekly Bible study with the following segments:
#57: Deliver Me! from Proverbs 12:12 - 13, Proverbs 21:10, Proverbs 12:28, and Proverbs 15:29
#61: A Fool Is a Blabbermouth! from Proverbs 12:23, Proverbs 10:12, Proverbs 10:19, Proverbs 13:16, Proverbs 15:2, Proverbs 17:27-28, and Proverbs 16:23
#67: Sickening Disappointment from Proverbs 13:12
…Deliver Me From Evil and Shut My Mouth
My Psalms Commentary continues with Psalm 140: Deliver Me From Evil; and Psalm 141: Shut My Mouth, both of which are available in Devotions from Psalms.
Please use the tags below as an Index for my entire website content.
The Time Is Now: Short Available Now
When their government oppressed God's people, the Prophet Elijah asked the timid Israelites, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him" (1 Kings 18:21). Good people cannot survive in a society (or world!) by shrinking away from the inevitable choice: good or evil. Joshua challenged his people: “choose for yourselves this day whom you …
Proverbs Segment #76: You Said Wha-a-t?
My Proverbs commentary continues with Proverbs 14:3 featured in Segment #76: You Said Wha-a-t?, which is now available in Studies from the Book of Proverbs.
Please use the tags below as an Index for my entire website content.
What Can't Be Done: Sermon Slides Available
My Sermon Slides for What Can't Be Done, taken from Joshua 24:15-22, is now available in Sermon PowerPoints. It was delivered on July 18, 2021.
Please use the tags below as an Index for my entire website content.
Psalm 120: God Hears When the World Speaks Ill
My Psalms Commentary continues with Psalm 120: God Hears When the World Is Saying Wrong Things. It is now available in Devotions From Psalms.
Please use the tags below as an Index for my entire website content.
Proverbs Segment #129: Whom Do You Trust?
My Proverbs Commentary continues with Segment #129: Whom Do You Trust, taken from Proverbs 17:20. It is available, as is my COMPLETE Commentary on Proverbs, in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.
Please use the tags below as an Index for my entire website content.
Psalm 10: God the Helper of the Fatherless
My Psalms Commentary continues with Psalm 10: God the Helper of the Fatherless. It is now available in Devotions From Psalms.
Please use the tags below as an Index for my entire website content.
Living Slowly: Mini Article Available
“A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken” (Proverbs 15:13). A happy face usually shows a happy heart within. “Sorrow of the heart” would usually show a depressed or dejected individual. One person cannot have both at the same time! “All the days of the afflicted are evil, But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast” (Prover…
WECO Radio Minute: A Lost Nation
My Words of Wisdom resumed on August 16, 2021, on WECO Radio after the noon news. My first broadcast of 2021 was "A Lost Nation", which is also available in Words of Wisdom Radio.
Please use the tags below as an Index for my entire website content.
Commentary Segment #29: Are We Having Fun Yet?
My Proverbs Commentary Segment #29: Are We Having Fun Yet? based on Proverbs 10:23, is now available in Studies In the Book of Proverbs.
Please use the tags below as an Index for my entire website content.
The Bible Over False Prophets: Audio and Transcript Available
In honor of my return to the radio broadcast, my broadcast from November 1, 2017, The Bible Over False Prophets, is now available in Words of Wisdom Radio as well as Words of Wisdom Transcripts for Week 1 of November, 2017.
Please use the tags below as an Index for my entire website content.
Commentary #49: A Solid Life or Full of Wind?
My Proverbs Commentary continues in Segment #49: A Solid Life or Full of Wind? taken from Proverbs 11:27-29. This is now available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.
Please use the tags below as an Index for my entire website content.
Wisdom's Two Simple Rules for Life: Proverbs Commentary #10
My Proverbs Commentary Segment #10: Wisdom's Two Simple Rules for Life, based on Proverbs 3:27-35, is now available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.
Please use the tags below as an Index for my entire website content.
QA: How Can Christians Respond to False Charges?
QUESTION: How can a Christian respond to false charges? - February 21, 2021
ANSWER: Since this is not a new problem, let the Apostle Peter instruct us in 1 Peter 2:15.
1. Let our good conduct make them liars! (1 Peter 2:11-12)
2. Remember the Example of Jesus (1 Peter 2:21-23, quoting Isaiah 53:9).
3. Do not become like them, with false charges (1 Peter 3:8-9) .…
Proverbs 4:10-19: Commentary #12 - A Father's Wisdom
My Proverbs Commentary Segment #12, A Father's Wisdom: Learn From Your Parents' Experiences, taken from Proverbs 4:10-19, is now available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs. A complete and FREE FULL COMMENTARY on Proverbs is available on that page as well.
Please use the tags below as an Index for my entire website content.
QA: Why Is the Church So Judgmental?
QUESTION: Why is the church of Christ so judgmental, condemning everyone but themselves? - June 9, 2019
ANSWER: How can you see through the fog & smog of judgmental sinners and think condemnation is only coming from Christians?
1. It is NOT wrong to teach what is right. Moses taught Israelites that loving God means keeping His commandments and judgments. (Deuteronom…
Woe v. Wade - Mini Article Now Available
The Judaeans King “Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD” (2 Kings 21:16). He “had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon” (2 Kings 24:4). In Genesis 25:19-28, Isaac and Rebekah’s twins, Esau and Jacob, were “not yet bein…
QA: Who Are Our Enemies?
QUESTION: Who are our enemies? - April 18, 2021
ANSWER: An enemy is everyone who opposes those who trust in God and do things described in Psalm 56:5-6:
1. They twist my words - by changing the meaning of the words after they are used, lawyers can make an innocent conversation sound evil. Politicians & some preachers can make good words become wrong (Jude 4; 2 Peter 3:16)
2. All their tho…
