Ephesians 1:15–23
James 3:13–18
I. What Does James Want Us to Hear in This Word?
II. What Does James Want Us to Do with This Word?
James 1:1-11
Three Words of Reassurance in Our Trials
I. The Product of Our Trials Will Eclipse the Pain – 2-4
II. Always-Available Wisdom (Are You Kidding Me?!) – 5-8
III. This World's Wealth Buys No Privilege with God – 9-11
Proverbs 31:10–31
I. The Lingering Tension of Competing Offers
II. The Contrasting Outcomes of Alternative Choices
III. The Blessed Enjoyment of Embracing Wisdom
IV. General Takeaways from Such a Particular Passage
Proverbs 30:1–31:9
I. Humbly Lacking Yet Seeking Wisdom – 30:1-9
II. Hindrance and Help in Pursuing Wisdom – 30:10-33
III. Refresher Course in the Right Use of Wisdom – 31:1-9
Proverbs 10-29
I. What does Proverbs teach about Pride and Humility?
II. What do we need to learn about Pride and Humility?
Proverbs 9:1–18
I. Similar Invitations to Very Different Parties
II. Two Types of Party Animals
III. Which Party Will You Attend?
Proverbs 7:1-27
I. A Call toward What It Takes to Live – 1-5
II. An Encounter that Captures What We’re Up Against – 6-23
III. A Repeated Call and Reminder of What Is At Stake – 24-27
Proverbs 6:20-35
I. Cling to Wisdom, It Is Your Guiding Light – 20-24
II. Flee Seduction, It Will Destroy You – 25-33
III. There Is No Escaping Seduction’s Destruction – 34-35
Proverbs 6:1–19
I. The Conundrum of the Passage: Odd Ducks as Interpretive Keys
II. The Context of the Passage: Seduction by the Strange Woman
III. The Content of the Passage: Three Seductions in a World of a Thousand Seductions
Proverbs 5:1-23
I. The Father’s Vivid Charge to Sexual Purity
II. The Grievous Outcome of Not Honoring This Charge
III. The Delightful Outcome when This Charge Is Honored
Proverbs 4:20–27
I. What does the father want the son to hear in this lesson?
II. What should we hear from this lesson?
Proverbs 4:10–19
I. The Way of Wisdom and Its Light
II. The Way of Wickedness and Its Darkness
III. Learning to Love the Light
Proverbs 4:1-9
I. Receiving Wisdom as a Valued Inheritance
II. Pursuing Wisdom as a Form of Insurance
III. Embracing Wisdom as a Romantic Involvement
Proverbs 3:21-35
I. How do wisdom and discretion grant and beautify life?
II. How does lacking wisdom and discretion make life ugly?
III. What is the ultimate outcome of this beauty and ugliness?
Proverbs 1:20-33; 3:13-20; 8:1-36
I. Calling Out Wisdom
II. Wisdom Calling Out
III. Wisdom’s Great Worth
Proverbs 3:1–12
I. Why is it important to hear instruction in wisdom?
II. What does it look like to live in this wisdom daily?
III. Why would we ever choose to live another way?
Proverbs 2:1-22
I. The 'talk'
II. The stakes
III. The fear of the Lord
IV. True wisdom
V. True hope
Proverbs 1:8–19
I. The Foolishness of the Sinners' Pursuits
II. The Reward of the Parents' Instruction
III. The Call to the Beloved Son
Proverbs 1:1–7
I. Some Thoughts on Wisdom Literature
II. A Summary Overview of Proverbs
III. The Beginning of Knowledge – 1-7