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Wisdom

Devotions: Wisdom – Timing

April 20, 2014 by Carl Shank No Comments

“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.” (Galatians 6:9, 10) Christ is risen! He has risen indeed! […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Wisdom Tagged With: Kairos, patience, perseverance, Sports, tennis, time, timing, wisdom

Devotions: “In-spite-of” Wisdom

April 13, 2014 by Carl Shank 1 Comment

“For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.” Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new. So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Wisdom Tagged With: Areopagus, Athens, common ground, discernment, patience, philosophy, Prayer, questions, respect, trust in God, wisdom, witness

Devotions: Wisdom – Applicability

April 6, 2014 by Carl Shank No Comments

“My son, do not lose sight of these—keep sound wisdom and discretion, and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck. Then you will walk on your way securely, and your foot will not stumble.” (Proverbs 3:21-23) Wisdom in God provides a life of stability, peace and assurance. Wisdom in God […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Wisdom Tagged With: Faculty, janitor, professor, wisdom

Devotions: Wisdom – Convergence

March 30, 2014 by Carl Shank No Comments

“And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it . . .’ (Genesis 1:28) The crowning glory of creation is humankind made in the image of the Creator God. Rather than a myth or just a story, it is what we have been made for – to be vice-regents […]

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ESN Devotions: Wisdom Series

March 23, 2014 by Carl Shank No Comments

Of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command (I Chronicles 12:32, ESV). Biblical wisdom in a university or higher education context, or any context for that matter, is the God-given, Spirit-infused ability to apply God’s Word in a variety of ways […]

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