Good WordGood WordGood WordGood Word
  • Home
  • About
  • Listen
  • Contact

This is a placeholder for your sticky navigation bar. It should not be visible.

Tag: Proverbs

Women and Wine

  • Lesson 13 for the week of March 21 to March 28, 2015
https://wwugoodword.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-03-28.mp3
Biblical References: Proverbs 31 Leading Question: To what extent does the picture of the ideal wife in Proverbs 31 reinforce or undermine male chauvinism? An ambivalent answer to the leading question is suggested at the...

Continue reading →

Continue reading →
Alden Thompson Alden Thompson

The Humility of the Wise

  • Lesson 12 for the week of March 14 to March 21, 2015
https://wwugoodword.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-03-21.mp3
Biblical References: Proverbs 30 Leading Question: ”On what basis can one claim an exalted status for oneself?” As noted earlier (lesson #9), those who want to see the whole book of Proverbs as coming from...

Continue reading →

Continue reading →
Alden Thompson Alden Thompson

Living by Faith

  • Lesson 11 for the week of March 7 to March 14, 2015
https://wwugoodword.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-03-14.mp3
Biblical References: Proverbs 28-29 Leading Question: If one wants to be a law-abiding citizen, does Proverbs make it perfectly clear how to do that? The quick answer to that leading question is no – yet...

Continue reading →

Continue reading →
Alden Thompson Alden Thompson

Behind the Mask

  • Lesson 10 for the week of February 28 to March 7, 2015
https://wwugoodword.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-03-07.mp3
Biblical References: Proverbs 25-27 Leading Question: “What is the danger of thinking too highly of oneself?” The first verse of this section of Proverbs (25:1) indicates that this is a another collection of Solomonic proverbs...

Continue reading →

Continue reading →
Alden Thompson Alden Thompson

Words of Truth

  • Lesson 9 for the week of February 21 to February 28, 2015
https://wwugoodword.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-02-28.mp3
Biblical References: Proverbs 22-24 Leading Question: “How can we determine when other faith communities or even secular communities, maintain truths that we should support?” At the heart of this week’s discussion is a piece of...

Continue reading →

Continue reading →
Alden Thompson Alden Thompson

Words of Wisdom

  • Lesson 8 for the week of February 14 to February 21, 2015
https://wwugoodword.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-02-21.mp3
Biblical References: Proverbs 20-22 Leading Question: What can be done to cure laziness? Proverbs has lots to say about the lazy person – the NIV prefers the more colorful term “sluggard.” The following proverbs all...

Continue reading →

Continue reading →
Alden Thompson Alden Thompson

Dealing with Fights

  • Lesson 7 for the week of February 7 to February 14, 2015
https://wwugoodword.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-02-14.mp3
Biblical References: Proverbs 17-19 Leading Question: Does Proverbs help us understand whether and when there might be times when one should actually pick a fight? Fighting is not good (mere descriptions): In Proverbs 17 –...

Continue reading →

Continue reading →
Alden Thompson Alden Thompson

What You Get Is Not What You See

  • Lesson 6 for the week of January 31 to February 7, 2015
https://wwugoodword.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-02-07.mp3
Biblical References: Proverbs 14-15 Leading Question: Proverbs 14:12 declares: “There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.” How can the believer tell when what appears to...

Continue reading →

Continue reading →
Alden Thompson Alden Thompson

Blessings of the Righteous

  • Lesson 5 for the week of January 24 to January 31, 2015
https://wwugoodword.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-31.mp3
Biblical References: Proverbs 10-13 Leading Question: Do the “secular” proverbs make sense to believers and non-believers alike? Proverbs 10 introduces a new compilation, this one of Solomonic proverbs. Derek Kidner, in his Tyndale Old Testament...

Continue reading →

Continue reading →
Alden Thompson Alden Thompson

Divine Wisdom

  • Lesson 4 for the week of January 17 to January 24, 2015
https://wwugoodword.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-24.mp3
Biblical References: Proverbs 8-9 Leading Question: Proverbs celebrates wisdom. But can wisdom become dangerous? In popular thinking, education is often seen by ordinary people as something that puts faith at risk. But we should distinguish...

Continue reading →

Continue reading →
Alden Thompson Alden Thompson

A Matter of Life and Death

  • Lesson 3 for the week of January 10 to January 17, 2015
https://wwugoodword.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-17.mp3
Biblical References: Proverbs 6-7 Leading Question: When can we know that a duty is a matter of life and death?” Note: In Proverbs 7, “commands” are directly linked with warnings against adultery. In Proverbs, adultery...

Continue reading →

Continue reading →
Alden Thompson Alden Thompson

From Ears to Feet

  • Lesson 2 for the week of January 3 to January 10, 2015
https://wwugoodword.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-10.mp3
Biblical References: Proverbs 4-6 Leading Question: “Is doing right more important than giving God the credit? In the three chapters which are the focus of our study this week – Proverbs 4, 5, and 6...

Continue reading →

Continue reading →
Alden Thompson Alden Thompson

“The Call of Wisdom”

  • Lesson 1 for the week of December 27 to January 3, 2015
https://wwugoodword.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2015-01-03.mp3
Biblical References: Proverbs 1-3 Leading Question: “Go to the ant thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise” (Prov. 6:6). What does the Holy Spirit have to do with a proverb like that? The book...

Continue reading →

Continue reading →
Alden Thompson Alden Thompson
 
  • Popular
  • Recent
  • Commented

Elijah’s and Elisha’s Mantle

April 30, 2011

The Last Five Kings of Judah

October 10, 2015

Jesus Mingled with People

July 30, 2016

The Priority of the Promise

July 29, 2017

The Curse Causeless

October 29, 2016

Jesus in the Writings of Peter

May 13, 2017

The Character of Job

December 17, 2016

The Church Militant

March 12, 2016

The Cosmic Controversy

March 31, 2018

Josiah’s Reforms

November 14, 2015

Major Themes in 1 and 2 Peter

June 17, 2017

Symbolic Acts

October 31, 2015

Lessons from Jeremiah

December 19, 2015

To Serve and to Save

February 20, 2021

Comfort My People

February 13, 2021

Defeat of the Assyrians

February 6, 2021

Playing God

January 30, 2021

Noble Prince of Peace

January 23, 2021

The Hard Way

January 16, 2021

When Your World Is Falling Apart

January 9, 2021

Crisis of Leadership

January 2, 2021

Crisis of Identity

December 26, 2020

Heaven, Education, and Eternal Learning

December 19, 2020

Sabbath: Experiencing and Living the Character of God

December 12, 2020

The Christian and Work

December 5, 2020

Education in Arts and Sciences

November 28, 2020

Second Coming

September 20, 2014

The Call to Discipleship

April 18, 2015

Destruction of Jerusalem

November 28, 2015

Restoring Dominion

July 2, 2016

The Holy Spirit and the Fruit of the Spirit

February 11, 2017

Living by the Spirit

September 9, 2017

Daniel and the End Time

April 7, 2018

When Conflicts Arise

November 10, 2018

Families of Faith

June 8, 2019

From Furnace to Palace

January 18, 2020

Developing a Winning Attitude

August 22, 2020

“Comfort My People”

May 15, 2004

His Glorious Purpose Foreshadowed in Types

January 1, 2005

For more information about GOOD WORD contact the School of Theology at Walla Walla University by phone (509-527-2194), fax (509-527-2253), email (email us) or regular mail (Walla Walla University, 204 S. College Ave., College Place WA 99324).
Good Word © 2019
  • Home
  • About
  • Listen
  • Contact