Posted on July 8, 2008 by mattdabbs
I just love this translation of Proverbs 6:6-11 in the NLT. How often do verses in the Bible make you laugh out loud?
“Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones.
Learn from their ways and become wise!
7 Though they have no prince
or governor or ruler to make them work,
8 they labor hard all summer,
gathering food for [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2008 by mattdabbs
I am going to be referring back to principles contained in this post in upcoming posts so it is important that if you are going to follow this series on parenting that you understand the concepts contained here.
When we think of discipline we often think of punishment for doing the wrong thing. That is only [...]
Filed under: Family, Proverbs, Psychology, Religion, parenting | Tagged: behavior therapy, discipline, parenting, praise | 4 Comments »
Posted on March 3, 2008 by mattdabbs
We studied how God Defines Beauty in our LIFE groups this week. I am going to start uploading all of our lessons to Kingdom Living rather than just linking to our church website. Here is the pdf of How God Defines Beauty. I want to add to this the role of consumerism in forming our [...]
Filed under: Bible, Christianity, God, Proverbs, Religion, Theology, Thoughts | Tagged: Beauty, Bible study, Body image, life group, Small Groups | 5 Comments »
Posted on October 3, 2007 by mattdabbs
After the earlier post on The Providence of God in Acts 1-10 I received the following email that I thought was interesting and I wanted to address it here to see if anyone had any other thoughts on the matter…
Good Morning Matthew …
As a “New Garment” Christian, I don’t allow myself to fall for many [...]
Filed under: Acts of the Apostles, Bible, Christianity, Doctrine, God, New Testament, Old Testament, Proverbs, Religion, Theology | Tagged: adultery, Ananias, Ephesians, Exodus, Giving, Hebrews, Joshua, muder, Numbers, Sapphira, stealing | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 11, 2007 by mattdabbs
This is an acrostic poem where the 22 verses start with each of the letters of the Hebrew Alphabet which may signify an attempt at a complete A-Z description of the ideal wife.
A few things to consider (to read Proverbs 31, click here).
What stands out the most in this proverb is her diligence. She is [...]
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