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...

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...

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...