Proverbs
Classes
Class 1: Ornaments of Grace
The class explores the book of Proverbs, emphasizing the importance of wisdom and grace in daily life. It encourages contemplation on how Proverbs can guide behavior and make one a better person, focusing on the concept of grace as a godly character trait.
Class 2: Healthy Navels and Bursting Vats
The class discusses the importance of reading Proverbs contemplatively, emphasizing the godly wisdom and practical benefits it offers. It highlights the structure and significance of Proverbs, including its use in the New Testament, and encourages thoughtful engagement with its teachings.
Class 3: What Can You Learn From a Dog
The class explores lessons from Proverbs, focusing on Solomon's wisdom and the metaphorical use of animals, including dogs, to convey spiritual truths. It emphasizes the importance of avoiding sin and the folly of returning to past mistakes, drawing parallels to the need for repentance and the judgment of God.
Class 4: Things Better Than Money
The class explores the value of wisdom and virtuous living over material wealth through Proverbs, emphasizing virtues like patience, humility, and honesty. It highlights the importance of making choices from a spiritual perspective and the blessings of a good name and loving favor.
Class 5: Things God Hates
The class discusses Proverbs 6:16-19, focusing on seven things God hates, emphasizing that these are serious moral failings harmful to individuals and society. The class also explores the importance of having a heart aligned with God's will and the consequences of pride and hypocrisy.
Class 6: Christ Our Wisdom
The class explores the concept of wisdom in Proverbs, contrasting the wise woman and the foolish woman, and emphasizes Christ as the ultimate wisdom. It highlights the importance of heeding wisdom and avoiding folly for eternal benefits.
Class 7: Exhortation
The class focuses on the importance of words that minister grace and build up others, drawing from Ephesians 4:29 and Luke 6:43-45. It emphasizes the need for believers to examine their hearts and ensure their words reflect God's teachings, promoting unity and edification among the community.
Class 8: Evening Program - The Big Thirst
The class discusses the importance of water in daily life and its symbolic significance in the Bible, drawing parallels between physical water and spiritual salvation. It covers passages from Isaiah and Revelation, emphasizing the call to seek God's word and the promise of eternal life.