Fit For A King

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Listen, for I will speak noble things;  Proverbs 8:6 Noble Things –  “Listen,” says Wisdom.  Of course, there is no point in listening unless what you are about to hear has some bearing on your life.  Wisdom knows perfectly well that human beings are motivated by self-interest.  Not always, of course.  Sometimes we are altruistic. …

Worth Remembering

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Listen, for I will speak noble things;  Proverbs 8:6 Listen – It’s worth remembering that the Hebrew word for “listen” is shama.  It has an umbrella much larger than simply absorbing sound waves.  Shama also means, “to obey, to consider or regard, to proclaim and to understand.”  When Wisdom speaks, we are to do a…