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In  this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 9 talking the characteristics of a scoffer and why we should avoid falling into that way of living. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 9:7-8 (ESV) - "Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you."...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund starts Proverbs 9 looking at the call to avoid being simple or naive, how Proverbs defines those words, and how to pursue wisdom instead of naivety. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 9:6 (ESV) - "Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight." Five Good Minutes is a short devotional which provides a pause in your day for Biblical e...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund concludes Proverbs 8 talking about a contrast between the way of life and the way of death in regards to wisdom. Finding wisdom grants you favor from the Lord, not finding wisdom leads to injury, and hating wisdom leads to death. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 8:35-36 (ESV) - "For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord, but he who fail...

Adult Ministry Director, Jonathan Thiede, continues the Lenten Live series talking about the theme of "In My Place", what role guilt plays in religion and then finishes looking at Matthew 26:47-56; the story of Judas' betrayal of Jesus. Key Scripture Matthew 26:55-56 (NIV) -   In that hour Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clu...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 8 talking about something that we should pursue. Just like a man who is pursuing a woman, we are called to pursue wisdom with that same fervor even when it's not convenient. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 8:34 (ESV) - "Blessed is the one who listens to me [Wisdom], watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors." Five Good...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 8 talking about something that we should admire. God himself admires and loves wisdom and therefore, we should also admire it in our own life instead of looking for the answers on our own. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 8:22-23 (ESV) - "The Lord possessed me [Wisdom] at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old. Ages ago I...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 8 talking about something we must hate in order to gain wisdom. There is a call to hate what is evil, which is anything that is contrary to the will of God, specifically in the context of pride, arrogance, and perverted speech. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 8:13 (ESV) - "The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and th...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund begins Proverbs 8 talking about the greatness of wisdom and something we should learn. The pursuit wisdom leads to the knowledge of prudence and sense. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 8:5 (ESV) - "O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense." Five Good Minutes is a short devotional which provides a pause in your day for Biblical encouragement a...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund sits down with geologist, Dr. Steve Austin, and student, Micah DeAngelo to discuss some questions about the creation vs. evolution debate that Micah has seen come up from his friends or ones he himself has had. Other Podcasts with Dr. Steve Austin Science and Bible (Part 1) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9B3Z3aI7lY Science and Bible (Part 2) - https://www.yo...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund concludes in Proverbs 7 talking about the motivations for avoiding forbidden sexual encounters. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 7:25-26 (ESV) - "Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths, for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng." Five Good Minutes is a short devotional which provides a paus...

Senior Pastor, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund, starts a new Lenten series called In My Place. For this Ash Wednesday message, he talks about the importance of celebrating Lent even if you aren't from a Catholic background and then breaks down the different aspects of 2 Corinthians 5:21.  Key Scripture 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV) - "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might b...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 7 looking at how the forbidden woman seduces men through suggestive dress, suggestive environment, and the illusion of safety. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 7:21-22 (ESV) - "With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him. All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter," Five Good M...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 7 talking about how the forbidden woman seduces men through brashness, opportunity, and flattery. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 7:10 (ESV) - "And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart." Five Good Minutes is short devotional which provides a pause in your day for Biblical encouragement and wisdom. Th...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 7 talking about how the simple are naive to the power of environment with regards to becoming ensnared sexually. We need to avoid putting ourselves in places where temptations will be greater than normal at times when we are vulnerable. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 7:7 (ESV) - "And I have seen among the simple, I have perceived amon...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund begins Proverbs 7 which looks again at the concept of adultery. Proverbs indicates that wisdom and insight will keep us from the forbidden woman and their smooth words. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 7:4-5 (ESV) - "Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend, to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her s...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund concludes Proverbs 6 returning again to the theme of adultery. Proverbs elevates the adulteress woman to now the evil woman and provides a number of pitfalls that can happen when a person pursues this forbidden relationship. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 6:23-24 (ESV) - "For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of disciplin...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 6 looking at sevens things that are an abomination to God focusing specifically on the last one which is when someone sows discord among brothers. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 6:16-19 (ESV) - "There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent bl...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 6 looking at how Proverbs defines a worthless person and a wicked man. Their words are designed for a destructive outcome, they have secret opinions with the goal of isolating others, and they manipulate others for their own gain. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 6:12 (ESV) - "A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked sp...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 6 discussing the importance of diligence in our lives. The exhortation today is to look at the ant and how she works without a ruler over her, working in and out of season, and being disciplined in the small things and moments. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 6:10-11 (ESV) - "A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the ha...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund starts Proverbs 6 looking at some of the things we can do that are foolish. Today Kurt focuses on our finances and provides three reasons not to loan money that we cannot afford to give. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 6:1-3 (ESV) - "My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, if you are snared in the words...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund concludes Proverbs 5 discussing the dangers of emotional connection with members of the opposite sex and how those connections can lead us to an illicit sexual relationship. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 5:20-21 (ESV) - "Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress? For a man's ways are before t...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 5 discussing how we can "rejoice in the wife of our youth." Today's Key Verse Proverbs 5:18-19 (ESV) - "Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love." Five Good Minutes is shor...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 5 discussing the positive things that happen when we guard our sexuality. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 5:15 (ESV) - "Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well." Five Good Minutes is short devotional which provides a pause in your day for Biblical encouragement and wisdom. This show is a part of Orchard...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 5 discussing sex outside of marriage and some of the consequences that go with it such as emotional, social, physical, financial, and spiritual consequences.  Today's Key Verse Proverbs 5:13-14 (ESV) - "I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors. I am at the brink of utter ruin in the assemble...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund begins talking about Proverbs 5. He discusses the pursuit of forbidden sex and how it promises something that it can't deliver. It goes from sweet to bitterness, from gain to loss, and from freedom to bondage. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 5:3-4 (ESV) - "For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, but in the end...