Daily Challenges Archive

I’m thinking that we can all agree this guy was pretty overwhelmed with his wife. Reading this chapter makes it easy to see why. It’s a pretty high bar. However I’m always amazed by how many women I know who are like this woman. Lots of my friends...

This is a picture of confidence. A lion and a king. The four listed all carry themselves like they own the world. I had a conversation the other day with the business owner who employs about 3000 people in his company. We talked about how so many ...

Solomon spends a lot of time on a few subjects. Money, friends and a few others take of a significant amount of his attention. Sexual behavior and the tongue are two that crop up constantly. It is obvious that in a book about living wise, godly li...

Now there is an upbeat verse. I’ve written about this section a few times. It deals mostly with God’s obvious witness through the creativity, beauty and power in His creation. I am overwhelmed by the presence of His eternal nature in everything we...

According to the “The World Counts” a child dies from hunger every 10 seconds. Poor nutrition and hunger is responsible for the death of 3.1 million children a year. That’s nearly half of all deaths in children under the age of 5. The children die...

The word violent in this verse is literally “man of mischief”. This is not the mischief my five-year-old grandson gets into. This is a dark evil. The caution is against worshipping or wishing to be like those whose works are evil and are successfu...

The Cambridge Bible simplifies this verse to the biblical truth, “as they sow, so shall they reap”. In Galatians Paul shares this with the reminder that God will not be mocked. The idea that we get away with sin is a dangerous lie. Recently I’ve h...

This is literally the opposite of what Jesus tells us is the summary of the law and prophets. The big difference is that Jesus instructs us to do “as you would have them do” not pay them back for what they did do. Revenge may be one of the most un...

My 10 year old granddaughter is a diligent worker. I occasionally ‘hire’ her to help with projects around my house. She was going shopping with her mom the other day so she wanted to know if I had some projects she could do to earn money. I did. F...

Self reflection is a bit of a missing art these days. Social media, a zillion channels of streaming entertainment and all the other things designed to get the average person focused on a product, service or other distraction keeps many people from...

Can I swap my gray headed splendor for some young man strength? Just a thought. Solomon knows that young people tend to feel healthy and invincible. His reference in this verse is the result of self discipline and exercise. Today one in five, 2 to...

As ‘Let God Be True’ puts it, “Fools are stubborn; scorners (mockers) are malicious.” I certainly don’t want to be either of those. The consequences will impact a person’s life but more seriously it will also impact their eternity. This guaranteed...