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Psalm 94: God Is the Rock of My Refuge

My Psalms commentary continues with Psalm 94: God is the Rock of My Refuge, which is now available in Devotions From Psalms.

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Commentary Segment #152: Why There Are Hypocrites in Church

My Proverbs Commentary continues with Segment #152: Why There Are Hypocrites In Church, taken from Proverbs 21:3, and it is now available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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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.

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QA: How Can We Know Whom To Believe?

My QA: How Can We Know Whom to Believe? from May 16, 2021, is now available in Publications on COVID Quarantine 2020. It is also available in Questions Answered.

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Proverbs Commentary Continues: Segments #192 and #193

My Proverbs Commentary continues with Segment #192: Come Out, Come Out, based on Proverbs 28:28; and Segment #193: What Liberty? based on Proverbs 29:5 These are all available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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Commentary Segment #133: Do You Have Social Or Spiritual Security?

My Proverbs Commentary #133: Do You Have Social Or Spiritual Security? taken from Proverbs 18:10-11, is now available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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Proverbs Commentary #64, #65, #66 Now Available

My Proverbs Commentary Segment #64: Which Way Are We Leaning?; #65: The Bread That Tastes Like Rocks; and #66: Too Rich To Be Saved? are all now available for FREE in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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Commentary for Psalm 9

My commentary for Psalm 9 is now available in Devotions from Psalms.

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Judemental Cancel Culture: Mini Article Now Available

“Also do not take to heart everything people say, Lest you hear your servant cursing you. For many times, also, your own heart has known That even you have cursed others” (Ecclesiastes 7:21-22). How hypocritical is anyone who condemns others for that of which they, themselves, have done? Have the “cancel culture judges” never used the words they now hold in contempt? “As it is written: ‘There …

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Who Starts It? Mini Article Now Available

Solomon said: “The mouth of the righteous is a well of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked. Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins” (Proverbs 10:11-12). Who turns street demonstrations or parades into destructive, flaming violence? Who keeps people divided along racial, ethnic, or economic lines? Who keeps feeding children “critical race theory” to create bitterness and…

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Commentary #125: Evil? Many Happy Returns

My commentary segment #125 for Proverbs 17:13: Many Happy Returns, is available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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Mass Murder Motive - Mini Article

After sin entered the world through the free choice of Adam and Eve, their son, “Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him” (Genesis 4:8). Toward the end of the New Testament, the explanation is given: “we should love one another, not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous” (1…

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QA: Is it wrong to be afraid? - 3/14/2021

QUESTION: Is it wrong to be afraid? - 3/14/2021  

ANSWER: The wisdom of Proverbs cannot be surpassed: Proverbs 10:24-25; Proverbs 28:1; Proverbs 29:25. Wicked people have more reason to live in fear because they do not honor God's wisdom in their lives; they naturally assume others also live as they do. Therefore they cannot assume anyone else lives honourably. A guilty conscience makes one…

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Proverbs Commentary Segment #139: To Tell the Truth About Lies

My Proverbs Commentary Segment #139, To Tell the Truth About Lies: Proverbs 19:9, is available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs. The entire Proverbs Commentary is available FOR FREE TO DOWNLOAD from this page.

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Proverbs Commentary Segment #130: Why Governments Fail

My Proverbs Commentary Segment #130, Why Governments Fail, which focuses on Proverbs 17:26, is now available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs. I have a FREE complete commentary for Psalms and Proverbs available in Commentaries. These can be used for class or individual Bible study.

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What Price "Unity"? - Mini Article Now Available

“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness”          (Romans 1:18). Many are calling for national unity. “Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?” (Amos 3:3) Opposites cannot be brought together unless one side repents and relents. “Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrif…

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What Is Grace and Who Is It For? - Sermon Now Available

My sermon slides on Grace, What Is It and Who Is It For, based on 2 Peter, is now available in Sermon PowerPoints.

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Black Friday?! A Fool And His Money (Proverbs Commentary #28)

My Commentary Studies in the Book of Proverbs continues with segment #28 on Proverbs 10:19-22, A Fool and His Money.

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Thanksgiving Without God? - Mini Article Now Available

It's impossible to have a “Thanksgiving” unless there is someone to thank!  The Apostle Paul wrote: “I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day” (2 Timothy 1:3).  (1) God is the only source of blessings to thank, so:  "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD” (Jere…

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QA: How Safe Are We in Worship?

QUESTION: How safe are we in worship? - January 5, 2020

ANSWER: On December 29, 2019, [a church of Christ in Texas was targeted in a mass shooting]. ... 1. The state of Texas had made it legal to carry guns in church worship. ... 2. While police seek a motive for the criminal's action, God has given one for the very first murder in history, and every one since: evil works (1 John 3:11-1…

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