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In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 27 which has a theme of friendship. Today he talks about tact or consideration. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 27:14-16 (ESV) - If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse. A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm; restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasp...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 27 which has a theme of friendship. Today he talks about friends who give counsel. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 27:19 (ESV) - As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart. Five Good Minutes is a short devotional which provides a pause in your day for Biblical encouragement and wisdom. This show is a part of Orchard Hill Plus...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 27 which has a theme of friendship. Today he talks about faithfulness and candor in friendships. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 27:5 (ESV) - Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Five Good Minutes is a short devotional which provides a pause in your day for Biblical encouragement and wisdom. This show is a part of Orchard Hill Plus where yo...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 27 which has a theme of friendship. Today he talks about some different ways that we should think about the importance of friendship. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 27:17 (ESV) - As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Five Good Minutes is a short devotional which provides a pause in your day for Biblical encouragement and wisd...

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In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 26 which has a theme of people to avoid. Today he talks about the troublemaker or meddling person. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 26:17-19 (ESV) - Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears. Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 26 which has a theme of people to avoid. Today he talks about the sluggard or lazy person. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 26:13-14 (ESV) - The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!” As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed. Five Good Minutes is a short devotional which provides a paus...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 26 which has a theme of people to avoid. Today he talks about the unknown person, the unwise person, and the unreliable person. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 26:10 (ESV) - Like an archer who wounds everyone is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard. Five Good Minutes is a short devotional which provides a pause in your day for Biblical enc...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 26 which has a theme of people to avoid. Today he talks about foolish people. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 26:3-5 (ESV) - A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own ey...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund begins Proverbs 26 which has a theme of people to avoid. Today he talks about verse 2 which, outside theme, addresses dealing with baseless criticism. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 26:2 (ESV) - Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight. Five Good Minutes is a short devotional which provides a pause...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund finishes Proverbs 25 which has the theme of relating to people and how to have success in our relationships. Today he talks about two things that create relational disharmony. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 25:23-24 (ESV) - The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks. It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house sh...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 25 which has the theme of relating to people and how to have success in our relationships. Today he talks about ways we don't want to act and ways that we can be hurt ourselves. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 25:18-20 (ESV) - A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow. Trusting in...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund begins Proverbs 25 which has the theme of relating to people and how to have success in our relationships. Today he talks about the need for restraint or self-control. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 25:28 (ESV) - A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. Five Good Minutes is a short devotional which provides a pause in your d...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund begins Proverbs 25 which has the theme of relating to people and how to have success in our relationships. Today he talks about resolution of conflicts Today's Key Verse Proverbs 25:7b-10 (ESV) - What your eyes have seen do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame? Argue your case with your neighbor...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund begins Proverbs 25 which has the theme of relating to people and how to have success in our relationships. Today he talks about respecting people who are in authority. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 25:2-3 (ESV) - It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out. As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 24 looking at seeking revenge against someone for current or past hurts and what the antidote is, forgiveness. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 24:28-29 (ESV) - Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 24 looking at the balance of telling the truth and being sensitive to the person's feelings. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 24:24-26 (ESV) - Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations, but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them. Whoeve...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 24 looking at how demeaning and envying others is a way to make ourselves feel superior. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 24:17-18 (ESV) - Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, lest the Lord see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him. Five Good Minutes is a short devotional which...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 24 looking at our character and how it is defined by our reaction to adversity and handling of responsibility. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 24:10-12 (ESV) - If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, “Behold, we...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund begins Proverbs 24 looking at what impacts our future. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 24:1-2 (ESV) - Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them, for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble. Five Good Minutes is a short devotional which provides a pause in your day for Biblical encouragement and wisdom. This show is a part of Orc...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 23 looking at three things to avoid: thinking you are above the law, over indulgence in drink and food, and being enticed by the adulterous woman. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 23:20-21 (ESV) - Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with r...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 23 looking at a warning to not envy sinners. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 23:17-18 (ESV) - Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day. Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. Five Good Minutes is a short devotional which provides a pause in your day for Biblical encouragement and w...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 23 looking at disciplining children with instructions to both children the parents. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 23:13-14 (ESV) - Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol. Five Good Minutes is a short devotional which provides a...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 23 looking at the motivation to gather wealth. Is success and wealth a worthy goal? Today's Key Verse Proverbs 23:4-5 (ESV) - Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven. Five Good Minutes is a short devotional whic...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund begins Proverbs 23 looking at the warning to not be fooled by the generosity of others when strings may be attached. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 23:1-3 (ESV) - When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you, and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite. Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food. Fiv...