Douglas Jacoby Podcast

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Salient points : Wisdom speaks to all mankind; we are accountable; there is no one on earth out of reach of wisdom's voice. Repeated emphases in Proverbs: the fear of the Lord as the beginning of wisdom; the superiority of wisdom to silver and gold. God in his wisdom created and sustains the world. He is  plenty smart to take care of...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Salient points: "Simple" doesn't mean unintelligent (in IQ), but deficient morally. Obedience and wisdom keep us from the wayward woman. The youth was looking for sin, and she found him. Notice the time of day. Night is falling. It's after working hours. She entices him and convinces him he won't get caught. In our sex-saturated socie...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Salient points: Although generally we need to keep our word, because being a man or woman of our word is a matter of integrity, still there may be times when higher principles require that we break a commitment. In this case, we should press hard until we are free. It's a useful passage for counseling anyone who has made an unwise com...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Salient points: The wayward woman is blind to spiritual reality. We too will join her in spiritual blindness unless we watch our step. Let's stay as far away from sexual sin as we can! Genesis 39 illustrates the attitude we should have; 2 Samuel 10 illustrates what can happen when we are careless, without a plan and lacking in discipl...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Salient points: Training instills obedience. Jesus himself underwent this process (Heb 5:9). It’s easier to accept guidance from someone who accepts guidance (3:3). Many years (v.10) isn’t an iron-clad promise. Like most proverbs, it’s a general truth. When we follow God we tend to live longer lives (indicated by gray hair). We must g...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Salient points: Keeping the commands in our hearts, or writing them on the tablet of our hearts, isn’t just scripture memory; it’s obedience. Trusting in the Lord – really letting go – is hard! Straight paths means not that life is easy, but that we are doing right morally – on the straight and narrow. Honoring God with our wealth inc...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Some salient points: Wisdom is a true treasure. The Lord wants us to be successful. This depends on our being upright. Understanding follows having a right attitude. When knowledge is pleasant to us, we will take joy in learning, meditating, reading... Notice the contrast in Proverbs between the crooked and the upright. Crooked words,...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Some salient points: Purpose of Proverbs: to help us to get control of our lives, to live wisely for God. In Proverbs, an older person (parent, teacher, friend) gives counsel to a younger person (son, daughter, pupil) We must choose wisely whom we associate with. The undisciplined hope to get something for free--to gain wealth without...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . This podcast (8 minutes) will introduce you to the Proverbs Podcast series. This podcast covers the preface to Proverbs (1:1-7), and explains how the thought behind the Disciplined Life series. 1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: 2 for gaining wisdom and instruction;     for understanding words of insight; 3 for re...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Things mentioned in this podcast: The American Civil War (1861-1865)--over 600,000 dead. The incongruity of brothers killing brothers! Nearly all denominations urged the killing of soldiers on the other side. The Restoration Movement was exceptional in not dividing (though there was still a negative impact). Nearly all the RM leaders...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Here is Mark Twain's The War Prayer , published in 1916, six years after the great humorist's death (13 minutes). This piece is in the public domain. Douglas' podcast includes a few opening comments, the Prayer in full, and a brief conclusion.

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . 1 Introduction   What does the Bible say on the subject of abortion? In fact, no scriptures address the subject head-on. This is curious, because abortion and exposure of unwanted infants were common in the ancient world. Various poisons were administered to induce abortions. Several ancient texts related to abortion and exposure of i...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Introduction Stem Cell Research (SCR) is an area of medical ethics. The issues are complicated because of the science, and also difficult because the Bible does not address scientific or medical issues directly. What are stem cells?  "Stem cells are the body's raw materials — cells from which all other cells with specialized functions...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . ESCAPE:  Lesson 4 of 4. Douglas Jacoby and Steve Brand have joined forces to teach a series called ESCAPE. Steve Brand is a professional counselor and expert on addictive behaviors. Here’s the provisional plan: The psychology and neurochemistry of pain, escape, and addiction. Focus: marijuana, alcohol, pain medication. Alternate ficti...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . ESCAPE:  Lesson 3 of 4. Douglas Jacoby and Steve Brand have joined forces to teach a series called ESCAPE. Steve Brand is a professional counselor and expert on addictive behaviors. Here’s the provisional plan: The psychology and neurochemistry of pain, escape, and addiction. Focus: marijuana, alcohol, pain medication. Alternate ficti...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . ESCAPE :  Lesson 2 of 4. Douglas Jacoby and Steve Brand have joined forces to teach a series called ESCAPE. Steve Brand is a professional counselor and expert on addictive behaviors. Here's the provisional plan: The psychology and neurochemistry of pain, escape, and addiction. Focus: marijuana, alcohol, pain medication. Alternate fict...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . ESCAPE, Lesson 1 of 4 : Douglas Jacoby  and  Steve Brand  have joined forces to teach a series called ESCAPE.  Steve Brand  is a professional counselor and expert on addictive behaviors. The series explores addictive substances and behaviors and what God's word has to say about them. There are four lessons in the series. Here's the pr...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Scriptures cited: 1 Samuel 4:18 -- Eli overweight 1 Samuel 2:29 -- the real issue was spiritual 1 Samuel 2:12-17 -- his sons were affected, too Judges 3:17, 21-22 -- Eglon Amos 4:1 -- sins of the rich oppressors James 5:5 Ezekiel 16:49 1 Corinthians 4:4 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 -- body the temple of the Spirit 1 Corinthians 8:1-11:1 -- l...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . In April someone asked me if I'd seen Black Panther. I had heard of it, but admitted I wasn't particularly interested in yet another superhero movie. "I'll probably watch it once it comes out on the airplane," I replied. Yet on learning the film featured a black superhero -- possibly the first ever -- and had touched some emotional ch...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Introduction North American slavery had precedents in the Arab slave trade, though slavery throughout human history was hardly limited to Africa. 400 years' duration, 4 million dying in the middle passage. "Enslavement is almost ubiquitous in human history. What made Atlantic slavery unique was its vast, industrial scale, its racial d...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . What is your take on the recent Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriages? And advice? Following the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision to legalize "gay marriages," here are a few bullet points that may prove helpful in guiding our thoughts. On this topic, God's word isn't difficult to understand , and can be ascertained quickly...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . THE QUESTION: Why did the man Jesus come to earth? Why not a woman: the daughter of God—a female Messiah? JESUS CAME AS A SON NOT BECAUSE: Male is better -- Galatians 3:28 contradicts this. God is only analogically masculine, not sexually masculine. When we pray Our Father, it’s not because God is male – since he isn’t a sexual being....

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Scriptures read or referred to in the podcast: Matthew 6:9 -- "Our Father..." Matthew 23:37 -- Jesus compares himself to a hen. Isaiah 66:13 -- God compares himself to a mother. Ephesians 5:22-32 -- We all stand corporately in a femine relationship to Christ as our bridegroom. 1 Thessalonians 2:6-12 -- Paul, his relationship to the Th...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . I. PRINCIPLES OF CRIME & PUNISHMENT Principle 1: God is a God of Justice Ultimately all crimes against God (Psalms 51:4). What does the Bible say about crimes against man (person/ property)? Proverbs 24:25, Ecclesiastes 8:11, Ecclesiastes 5:8-9. Lex talionis: Limitation: a maximum, not a minimum. See Exodus 21:24, Matthew 5:38. “Let t...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . The purpose of this talk is not to lay down the law, nor to defend the status quo, nor to encourage us not to engage in society. (If anything, Christians need to be more engaged.) The aim is to consider how Jesus approached power—how he lived, what he permitted, and what he prohibited. As we seek for zealous obedience to God’s Word in...