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A Child is Born: Hope

In Isaiah 9:1-7, Isaiah, the prophet, moved by God, speaks words of comfort to the Israelites of the eternal Messiah over 700 years before Christ was born of Mary.

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The Fear of the Lord, the Beginning of Wisdom

Proverbs: Seduction and The Simple

Proverbs 7 shows us the seduction of the simple. Without wisdom, temptation always wins, the immature lose, and catastrophe awaits.

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The Fear of the Lord, the Beginning of Wisdom

Proverbs: Watch Out For These Three

In Proverbs 6:1-19, the father warns his son to watch out for the irresponsible, lazy, and wicked. Throughout the text, we learn what pleases and displeases God.

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The Fear of the Lord, the Beginning of Wisdom

Proverbs: God’s Wisdom in Marriage

Proverbs 5:1-23 is God’s wisdom in marriage and life being imparted to man. The simple and naive can learn, but the fool may never understand.

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The Fear of the Lord, the Beginning of Wisdom

Proverbs: Choosing The Way of The Righteous

Proverbs 4:10-19 is simple. It’s about choosing the right way. ‘The way’ is a motif throughout Proverbs. Two women are used to illustrate the way of the righteous or the way of the wicked.

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The Fear of the Lord, the Beginning of Wisdom

Proverbs: The Most Priceless Possession

Proverbs 3:13-18 is about something more precious and priceless than anything. It’s not something we grab out of a burning home, but the wisdom in understanding what wisdom is. The parallel is that when we find wisdom, we gain understanding.

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The Fear of the Lord, the Beginning of Wisdom

Proverbs: Reliance On The Father

Do you want wisdom? If so, there is a path to get it, but it’s not what you think. Wisdom is the deliberate pursuit of something whose origin is God; it is manifold and multifaceted. We must have a deep reliance on the Father.

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The Fear of the Lord, the Beginning of Wisdom

Proverbs: Godly Wisdom

Wisdom can be used for good or evil, depending on the context. Proverbs invites us to use Godly wisdom for good. When wisdom is used for good, it is righteousness which is serving the community according to the Word of God.

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The Fear of the Lord, the Beginning of Wisdom

Proverbs: Avoiding Traps

Proverbs is not a random or disorganized collection. Dr. Bruce Waltke argues that Proverbs is divided into seven collections. These divisions help us organize our thoughts and look at the book of Proverbs with a clear mind.

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Profitable in Every Way: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

The best investment any one of us can make is the one many of us struggle to prioritize. If you’ve struggled to spend time in the Word lately, this message is for you. In this sermon, originally recorded at Mood Bible Institute’s Founder’s Week in 2019 at the Moody Church in Chicago, IL, Michael teaches through 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and demonstrates that scripture—all scripture—is profitable in a person’s life in every way.

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