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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...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 4 talking guarding our feet by not putting ourselves in places or environments where temptation will be strong. We believe that we can handle being in these situations, but Proverbs calls this thinking naive. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 4:26-27 (ESV) - "Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 4 talking guarding our eyes by looking straight ahead instead of glancing at an eventually fall to a lesser pursuit that will be destructive in our lives. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 4:25 (ESV) - "Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you." Five Good Minutes is short devotional which provides a...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 4 talking about guarding our speech as we go about life. More difficult situations and pain is caused by the words we say compared to anything else, especially in our relationships. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 4:24 (ESV) - "Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you." Five Good Minutes is short devotio...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 4 talking about guarding our hearts. If we aren't vigilant, our affections will naturally wander from their safest and purest place. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 4:23 (ESV) - "Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life." Five Good Minutes is short devotional which provides a pause in your day...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund starts Proverbs 4 looking a contrast between two paths mentioned in the text. The first path is that of the righteous and second is the way of wicked. The path of wickedness starts with choice but ends with compulsions. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 4:18-19 (ESV) - "But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighte...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund finishes Proverbs 3 looking at a group of exhortations that Kurt calls the "four nevers if you want to have a good life" which are to never fear the future, never delay good, never betray trust, and never envy others. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 3:24 (ESV) - "If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet....

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 3 teaching on the beauty of discipline and how at the time it isn't pleasant but through it brings about many blessings in our lives including wisdom. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 3:11-12 (ESV) - "My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues Proverbs 3 talking about honoring God with the wealth He has given to us. If we honor God in this, the promise is that He will provide for us what we need. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 3:9-10 (ESV) - "Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be b...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 3 looking why it is so difficult to "be not wise in [our] own eyes" which is our natural tendency and how we can pursue instead the wisdom of God through humility, community, and pursuing God's word. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 3:7 (ESV) - "Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil." F...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund begins Proverbs 3 reminding us that the proverbs need to be interpreted in light of the whole bible and that they aren't divine promises for each of us today. He then discusses trusting in God instead of ourselves and what that looks like in a practical sense by surrounding ourselves with external and internal reminders. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 3:5-...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund finishes Proverbs 2 focusing on the word companion and the idea of marriage. The question for us is - what are we doing today that will lead to biblical relationships in marriage or in friendship. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 2:16-17 (ESV) - "So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words, who forsakes the co...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 2 talking about who the "forbidden woman" is and how a person of wisdom will understand the smoothness of her words will lead them to a place they don't want to go. Forbidden things are those that are not yours by public covenant. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 2:16 (ESV) - "So you will be delivered from the forbidden w...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 2 talking about how discretion and wisdom can keep us from evil. He discusses the different types of evil people and what they do that results in their being called evil by the author of proverbs. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 2:12 (NIV) - "Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse" Five...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund continues in Proverbs 2 painting a picture of how every good path will be what is right, just, and fair. Therefore, as people of faith, wisdom leads us outward towards public policy and public action. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 2:9 (NIV) - "Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—every good path." Five Good Minutes is short devoti...

In this episode, Dr. Kurt Bjorklund moves to Proverbs 2 discussing the if/then structure of the beginning of this proverb and what it would look like in your own life to move your "ifs" of life to seeking the wisdom of God like hidden treasure. Today's Key Verse Proverbs 1:10 (NIV) - "For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul." Five Good...