Daily Challenges Archive

I don’t love yard work. Riding a lawn mower I enjoy but the rest, not so much. In this verse Solomon is actually giving wise counsel on the order of life. One of my favorite resources believes this passage is telling us that a persons doesn’t dese...

This verse speaks to the addictive nature of sin and in this case sexual sin. In Solomon’s day it was a real life physical experience as much as a mental one. Today it can take the same form or it can find its way into a persons core through socia...

Before diving into what this passage means for us today it is worth noting that this practice was strictly forbidden by God as put forth in Exodus 22. However at this time in his Israels history the practice was prevalent. Disobedience to God not ...

I know good folks who truly believe they should get into heaven because they have done more good in this world than bad. That is both admirable and debatable. What is not debatable is that they are wrong. As in this verse we are also reminded thro...

In Matthew Jesus tells His followers, of which we are now included, that they are the light of the world. Pretty cool that Solomon shares the same basic truth thousands of years before that. Jesus goes on to tell us that our light reveals God to t...

Stray is a very interesting word for what happens when we quit listening to Godly instruction. To stray is the image of live stock in Solomon’s day and perhaps, more relatably, a dog for us. Strays tend to end up homeless and in shelters awaiting,...

As the Israelites passed into the promised land, God had one tribe, standing on one mountain and another tribe standing on the other that surrounded the pass they walked through. One side shouted down the blessings of obeying him and from the othe...

I shared a joke with my granddaughter yesterday. Why is sesquipedalianism such a long word? I had to look it up first (so did she). It means the practice of using long, sometimes obscure, words in speech or writing. Not exactly what this verse is...

Plotting evil means to dig it up. It means this person is digging up things to create a pit for another to fall into. Sometimes what they dig up is true but often it’s fake and always it’s inappropriate and designed to damage the other person. I s...

I do not like seeing anyone suffer. I’m sure you don’t either. But, as much as i hate to see it happen even when it is a person who brings it on themselves, I really hate to see those in their family pay a price for their greed and crooked actions...

I find it a bit entertaining that in St Augustine Florida the “Fountain of Youth” is located on Hospital Creek. If a dip in the fountain restores your vigor and youth who needs a hospital. Obviously we are all aware there is no real Fountain of Yo...

Almost every day it seems I hear about a friend or acquaintance who is facing an unforeseen battle. It can be a health crisis or a social or even a financial crisis that came out of nowhere. A wife walks in and, with no prior indication, tells a h...