Proverbs 3:1-12 - The Wise Use of Wealth

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel looks at Proverbs 3:1-12. We are reminded that God’s blessings are designed for God’s glory and see that those blessings may come in the form of God bestowing wealth or hardship (3:9-12). With regarding to our finances, we are called to honor God with our wealth. When it comes to discipline, we are to see God’s kind, parental hand. We need wisdom to discern how to respond, knowing that we are in Christ, God calls us to rest in Him.



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Proverbs 22:1-9, 15 - Passing on Wisdom to the Next Generation

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel looks at Proverbs 22:1-9, 15. We see how some Proverbs have taken a life on their own, at times despite their context. Proverbs 22 focuses on the need for wisdom in handing wealth (the topic we’ll examine next week), but v6 gives the familiar wisdom: “train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. How should we think about this verse? What help does Proverbs give us in raising our children.



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Proverbs 31:10-31 - Wisdom's Heroine

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel takes a look at Folly’s counterpart. In Proverbs, the father advises his son regarding wisdom and folly in the form of two women: the strange or adulterous woman (Proverbs 5-7) and the virtuous woman here in Proverbs 31:10-31. As Wisdom is embodied in the noble woman, we see the characteristics that should epitomize all, men and women, husbands and wives, who seek wisdom.



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Proverbs 18:4-21 - The Proper Foundation for Life-giving Words

In this sermon, Rev. Dan Quakkelaar continues in our Proverbs series. Our words can be life-giving or life-destroying, so we must be careful in building a proper foundation to guide what we say. Today we look at Proverbs 18:4-21, where we learn the problems of formulating our words around our own self-confidence, as opposed to careful concern about formulating our words around those things God holds dear. An important question, since life and death are in the power of the tongue.



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Proverbs 8:6-14, 15:1-4, 12:25, 19:1 & 26:4 - Lessons in Proverbs: Wise Speech

In this sermon, Rev. Ben Sinnard will look at several verses in Proverbs to see how speech and wisdom interact. What does wisdom have to say about how we speak to our spouses? What does wisdom have to say about gossip, slander, or harsh language? What does wisdom have to say about blessings, praises, prayers, etc.? As James 3:9-10a states, “With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing.” Our speech is an area that we all need wisdom from God to know when to speak, how to speak and what to speak.



Read Online: Proverbs 8:6-14, 15:1-4, 12:25, 19:1, 26:4

Proverbs 7 - Lessons in Proverbs: Alluring Lies

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel will look at Proverbs 7. We will see how the allure of the lies tempt us every day as they are exemplified by simpleton and the seductress. As the father gives advice to his son in Proverbs, a contrast is made between Woman Wisdom and Woman Folly, as illustrated by the Godly Woman of Proverbs 31 and the Forbidden Woman of Proverbs 5-7. In Proverbs 7 Solomon outlines the lies that accompany all our sins, but most clearly sexual sins. Solomon walks us through each step, inviting us to consider how our outward acts spring from within, as we believe even the most alluring lies.



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Proverbs 6:6-11, 23:13-16 - Lessons in Proverbs: The Paralysis of Laziness

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel looks at Proverbs 6:6-11 and 26:13-16. We are confronted by a paralysis affecting us all, but few of us publicly admit: the sin of sloth. In these verses, Solomon is at his sardonic supremacy describing the sluggard, yet there is more to laziness than the refusal to work, it reveals once again a poor understanding of creation with its work/rest cycle. The sluggard’s sin is the paralysis of fear stemming from an idol of success.



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Proverbs 22:29; 23:4; 27:23-27 - Lessons in Proverbs: Work

In this sermon, Andrew Whitaker will be looking at what scripture says concerning our work and vocation, and gaining wisdom from Proverbs as to discerning how to work wisely. There are many places in Proverbs that speak about work, but we will be looking at a few: Prov. 22:29, 23:4, and 27:23-27. All of us have questions we bring to the table concerning our callings in this life and what we do day in and day out—How does our work connect to the Gospel? Will my work last and is it a worthy endeavor? These questions will be taken seriously as we get a message of hope from the scriptures which spur us on to work wisely, for the glory of God and to further the kingdom of God here on earth.



Read Online: Proverbs 22:29,Proverbs 23:4,Proverbs 27:23-27

Proverbs 27:9-17; 18:22-24 - Friendship

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel looks at how wisdom speaks to friendship. While there are numerous passages one may examine (Proverbs 3:27-31; 6:1-5; 11:9,12; 14:19-21; 16:27-30; 19:4-7; 20:6; 21:10; 22:11; 23:10-11; 24:28-29; 26:17-19; 27:6) we will examine two passages this morning: Proverbs 27:9-17 and 18:22-24 to discern how friendship shapes our Christian faith and expresses the gospel in our lives. It is there we may also see Jesus, a friend who sticks closer than a brother.



Read Online: Proverbs 27:9-17;18:22-24

Proverbs 8 - Wisdom Cries Out

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel continues our summer series in Proverbs. Wisdom calls out to us to hear and receive what is offered. In Proverbs 8 wisdom is personified, offering counsel and insight that far exceed the world’s greatest riches. Wisdom was present at creation, delighting in the work of God. While not a direct allusion to Jesus, this call to follow wisdom and not folly reminds us of Jesus, who grew in wisdom as a child and of whom Jesus himself said: “wisdom is justified by her deeds,” referring to His redemptive work. Likewise, Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:30 and Colossians 2:3 makes this connection as well. For us, the question remains: “will we heed wisdom’s call and look to Christ?”



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Proverbs 2 - Fatherly Wisdom for Godly Disposition

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel continues our summer series on Proverbs examining the various topics in this book of wisdom: friendships, work, marriage, sex, money and speech. This Sunday looks at Proverbs 2, which is a continuation of the father’s call to his son to receive, to seek out wisdom. In this chapter we see how the development of wisdom provides deliverance from evil.



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Proverbs 1:1-7 - Wisdom for Life

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel begins our summer series on Proverbs. Each week we will look at a different issue which Proverbs covers, such as friendships, work, marriage, sex, money and speech. This Sunday we turn to Proverbs 1:1-7, the introduction that sets the tone for the rest of the book. There we see the purpose of wisdom that guides both young and old alike, as well as the theme of the letter, verse 7: “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”



Read Online: Proverbs 1:1-7