Sermons on Proverbs

The oceans, forests, plains, rivers, lakes—all of that—it all belongs to God. You heard the old hymn earlier, "This Is My Father's World." In the early chapters of Genesis, God gives instructions as to how we're supposed to take care of this planet. There are really four key instructions that He delivered. He said He wanted us to subdue it, rule over it, work it and take care of it.

The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures. (Proverbs 30:17) Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother" — this is the first commandment with a promise: "so t

I recently read about the divorce of a dentist and his wife. She filed for divorce, she said, because her husband never spoke to her except to give a direct order.

Grand-slam Christians Proverbs 27:17 When I was in the seventh grade, I played little league baseball in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The name of our team was the Seals. What a name for a baseball team, especially out in the plains of Oklahoma. We were worse than the Bad

A Promise for Parents (January, 2003 POL) Topic: Parenting Author: Earl C. Davis, Pastor, Trinity Baptist Church, Cordova, TN Title: A Promise for Parents Text: Proverbs 22:6 Perhaps we should begin with a question: "Do you believe the Bible?" If the Bible says whosoever calls on the Lord shal

People will confess to theft, adultery, even murder. But no one confesses to gossip.

God doesn't sin. Yet He gets very angry about sin.

If envy is natural, like being left-handed, what's wrong with it?

Father gets a lot of guff and too little credit. So it is good to have a day when we pause to honor our fathers.