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Proverbs

Discernment

February 11, 2018 by Mark Eckel Leave a Comment

Thank-you to Mark Eckel for sharing insights with Emerging Scholars as they seek to engage the new year and their particular context with wisdom. Note: Earlier posts in the Scholar's Compass Learning to Live Together series:  Approach, Disagreement. For Mark's  previous work for the blog click  here. To God be the glory! ~ Tom Grosh IV, Assoc. Dir., ESN … [Read more...] about Discernment

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: Comenius Institute, discernment, learning to live together, Proverbs, Scholar's Compass, wisdom

Wisdom: Cosmic, Practical and Playful (Scholar’s Compass)

June 9, 2015 by David Parry Leave a Comment

[W]hen he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man. (Proverbs 8:29-31) … [Read more...] about Wisdom: Cosmic, Practical and Playful (Scholar’s Compass)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: Lady Wisdom, Proverbs, Scholar's Compass, wisdom, Wisdom literature, Wisdom Literature series

Dining with Lady Wisdom (Scholar’s Compass)

June 7, 2015 by David Parry 5 Comments

I want to find where the maid in the street Is pouring her wine. I heard she takes you in and gives you the words You need said.   If you'll be her brother, She'll kiss you like a sister. She'll even be your mother for now. (“Sister, Mother” – from the album Sixpence None the Richer; lyrics by Matt Slocum) … [Read more...] about Dining with Lady Wisdom (Scholar’s Compass)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: Proverbs, Scholar's Compass, wisdom, Wisdom literature, Wisdom Literature series

Navigating Wisdom: How Wisdom Calls Out in the Streets

October 16, 2014 by David Carlson Leave a Comment

Wisdom cries aloud in the street,        in the markets she raises her voice; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;        at  the entrance of the city gates she speaks: “How long, O  simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will  scoffers delight in their scoffing        and fools  hate knowledge? If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will  pour out my spirit to you;        I will make my words known to you. -- Proverbs 1:20-23  (ESV) Reflection Holy Hubert used to visit my … [Read more...] about Navigating Wisdom: How Wisdom Calls Out in the Streets

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: Navigating Wisdom, Proverbs, Scholar's Compass, wisdom

Scholar’s Compass Navigating Wisdom: How I Fell in Love with the Library

October 14, 2014 by David Carlson 1 Comment

To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in  righteousness, justice, and equity;  to give prudence to  the simple, knowledge and  discretion to the youth—  Let the wise hear and  increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their  riddles. Proverbs 1:2-6 ESV Reflection The book of Proverbs begins with the statement of purpose above. One of the purposes of … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass Navigating Wisdom: How I Fell in Love with the Library

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: library, Navigating Wisdom, Proverbs, Scholar's Compass

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