Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, Proverbs 19:11 “The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and his glory is to overlook a transgression.” This proverbs teaches that a wise person does not get angry quickly and that a person appears wise and good when they do not point out the errors of others. If you…
Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, First, I’ll be selfish and talk about me. The oncologist says my blood work and CT look good. No sign of cancer. He does want to see me again in 3 months because of junk they see in my lungs – likely residue from COVID pneumonia (his words). It ought to be…
Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, Proverbs 14:1 “The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish pulls it down with her hands.” When I started working in a Chicago steel mill as a nineteen-year-old, I worked alongside a man in his early twenties who was always complaining about his “old lady.” I was naive enough that It…
Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, Proverbs 10:23 “To do evil is like sport to a fool, but a man of understanding has wisdom.” Here is a sign of whether or not you are a Christian. Do you relish doing evil? This proverb says fools think doing evil is a game. It is entertainment to them. If doing evil is your…
Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, Proverbs 6:6-8 “Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, 7 Which, having no captain, overseer or ruler, 8 Provides her supplies in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.” My first thought when I read this text is “Don’t be lazy.” I think there is a larger message…
