by Julie Turner | Jan 27, 2012 | What's Happening
Reiteration (repetition) is a strategy we all use to emphasise something. The word itself is from the Latin ‘to do again’, with the prefix re- used to emphasise the idea of repetition in many English words. Proverbs 27 starts with two familiar ideas couched in very...
by Julie Turner | Jan 26, 2012 | What's Happening
Reality TV shows and celebrity culture are prevalent in today’s society. Virtually every newspaper – even ‘reputable’ ones – have gossip columns and pages devoted to the antics of celebrities. Nowadays it seems you can become famous even for achieving very little. The...
by Julie Turner | Jan 25, 2012 | What's Happening
Proverbs 25 continues to guide us on life’s journeys. We’re urged to be reliable and trustworthy, keeping people’s confidences (Prov 25:9-10), understanding the value of words: “the right word at the right time is like a custom-made piece of jewellery and a wise...
by Julie Turner | Jan 24, 2012 | What's Happening
Proverbs 24 continues the thirty ‘wise sayings’ or ‘sterling principles’ started in Proverbs 22. The first section looks at not envying the wicked. As Paul says bluntly in 1 Corinthians 15:33 ‘bad company corrupts good character’. We need to be careful about the...
by Julie Turner | Jan 23, 2012 | What's Happening
Proverbs is an essentially practical book, dealing not only with what we should do, but how to do it. Have you ever been told to do something and failed to do it, not because you didn’t want to, but because you had no idea how to? DIY instructions hold that kind of...
