What is the foundation of wisdom? Where do you start when you want to get wisdom? Solomon tells us that you start with the fear of the Lord. But what is the fear of the Lord? It is the loving respect and obedience the child of God gives his Heavenly Father. It is a desire to make God happy and

Solomon tells us that he is going to give us instruction on how to be wise, and with this wisdom comes understanding in how to be just and fair to others. This instruction in wisdom will help those who are easily deceived into thinking wrong is right. They will be better able to tell the difference. Training in wisdom is

We are going to look at Proverbs for a few weeks. The notes will be taken from a commentary on Proverbs by Charles Bridges, edited for brevity and clarity. The book of Proverbs begins by telling us who wrote it - Solomon. Solomon is a man of wisdom because he prays for wisdom. When he becomes the new king of

We’ve come to the end of J.C. Ryle’s notes on John’s Gospel, and there are four things we can learn from these final verses. First, Jesus Christ knows what will happen to all Christians both in life and death. He prophesies Peter’s death, and history tells us that Peter is crucified as a martyr for Christ’s sake. The time, the

The meal is finished, and the time has come for the conversation Peter has probably been half-dreading. Three times Jesus asks Peter if he loves Him. Peter can’t help but be reminded of his three time denial of Christ, and his confident claim that even if all the other disciples leave Jesus, he never will. ‘Do you love me?’ seems

The past few weeks the disciples have been through more emotions than most people experience in a lifetime. The growing dread leading up to the time in Jerusalem as Jesus repeatedly speaks of His death, the extreme weariness that overtakes them in the Garden of Gethsemane when they should have been praying, the shock that one of their number has

Christians can lose out when they don’t meet together with other Christians. That’s what happens to Thomas here. He is absent the first time Jesus appears to His disciples after the resurrection, and He misses a blessing. Maybe he has a good reason for not being there, but at such a critical time in the life of these followers, it

If ever a group of people are distraught, upset, sad, confused, scared, guilty, and worried, it must be the followers of Christ in these days after the crucifixion. Their world has come to an end; the unthinkable has happened. Their faith seems to be groundless, and on top of everything else there are several strange stories of a resurrection floating

The first thing these verses teach us is that those who love Christ most are those who receive the most privileges from Him. Mary won’t leave the tomb when Peter and John go away to their home. She doesn’t know where He is or what has become of Him, but her love for Him keeps her at the place where

Different believers have different personalities, and we see that in these verses. Both Peter and John (the disciple Jesus loves) run to the tomb, but John reaches the grave first. Then we see the difference between the two men. John, more gentle, quiet, tender, reserved, and deep-feeling, stoops down and looks in but goes no further. Peter, more hot, zealous,