Posts with the category “wisdom”

IntroductionIn the event of business travel, as distinct from family travel, there is one plain and simple principle: You must have a plan to avoid sin. This requires a liturgical remedy. Traveling fo...  Read More

IntroductionDysfunction can happen anywhere, whether at home, in the government, or in your favorite sports team. Your workplace can also have a chronic state of dysfunction that wears on you. It’s no...  Read More

When you leave for college people might say something like, “Enjoy Yourself!” What they should say is that you should enjoy the story God has written for you. Enjoy the dances, the meals, and the frie...  Read More

IntroductionJob 5:17 says “Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.” Learning to receive the Lord’s discipline (Heb. 12:3-11) as a blessing i...  Read More

Introduction“Should Christians be on social media?” is a very different question from “Should I be on social media?” In framing these questions there are two common mistakes. One mistake is when the f...  Read More

A scoffer is someone who behaves with arrogance, haughtiness, and pride. (Prov. 21:24). They are simple and hate knowledge (Prov. 1:22). They injure, abuse, and hate those who correct them (Prov. 9:7-...  Read More

In The Gulag Archipelago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn described the problem of the Soviets sending stool pigeons into the prison. These Soviet plants spied on the inmates. Solzhenitsyn describes that a “se...  Read More

At this stage of life, you will increasingly interact with more people outside your familiar circle of family and church. The contemporaries you interact with won’t have a true north. They are a motle...  Read More