Storytelling is literally like handing someone a loaded gun. A good story can lead any soldier in any time in history to attack a peaceful people and loot, rape, kill and more. A good story will also raise someone up to do greater things in history than they ever...
Right out of the gate this one stopped me. “A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed” (Ecc 8:1). It stopped me for several reasons. 1) We think of a wisdom as an old, wrinkled guy sitting in a chair, straight-faced...
A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth. 2 It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart....
Solomon observes another tragedy. God gives a man riches so that he lacks nothing, but God does not allow him to enjoy it. A stranger does. This is a tragedy Solomon says. That another enjoys the wealth you have made and you don’t. We’re not sure what...
It’s pretty clear. It’s better to not take a vow than to take one, and not fulfill it. God desires you that you fulfill the vows you make. Be careful with many words. And then there’s the issue of wealth. Don’t be surprised by oppression of...
