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We continue looking at how grace helps us understand Proverbs and the theme of Friendship, specifically looking at how Proverbs 27:6 has impacted our lives. Support the show

We continue looking at how grace applies to Proverbs, specifically to the topic of friendship. We can benefit from having wise friends around us, and we can suffer from having foolish friends around us. What about when we need to be around "foolish" people? How do we love them? Support the show

Proverbs has a lot to say about what kinds of friends we should have and what kinds we shouldn't. Can we continue to be around those that aren't wise? How do we stay in someone's life without being drawn into foolishness? Join us as we begin looking at the theme of Friendship in Proverbs. Support the show

We finish up the character of the wise in Proverbs, looking at 21:11, 21:22, and wrapping up with the famous rock badgers in 30:24-28. Sometimes, in wisdom, we need to climb over people's walls for their benefit, and sometimes for others' benefit. Support the show

We look at Proverbs 21:20 and 24:3 and how the wise steward their resources and are grateful for them. Being wise with what we have been given allows us to bless others and receive joy from what we have, whether that's a lot or a little. Support the show

This week we look at Proverbs 14:33, 16:21 and 16:23. The way that we speak truth to each other matters a whole lot in how they can receive and respond to that truth. Support the show

This week we look at Proverbs 15:5, 15:31 and 19:20 and ask what a community of the wise really looks like, and how our new identity allows us to really enter into these communities. Support the show

This week we look at Proverbs 15:33 and what fear of the Lord does - and does not - mean, especially as it related to our new identity and submitting to wisdom. Support the show

We continue looking at the character of the Wise in Proverbs, and specifically at verses 12:23, 13:16, 14:18. You can have knowledge, but not wisdom, but you can't have wisdom without knowledge. David somehow uses an eloquent butter metaphor to bring it all together. Support the show

We continue looking at the character of the Wise in Proverbs and specifically at verses 12:18, 13:14 and 14:1, exploring how we can influence others with wisdom and be influenced by those that are wise. Support the show

We continue looking at the character of The Wise this week in Proverbs 10:19 and 12:15. We may want to respond in the moment, but the wise wait until they're objective to speak, and seek the advice and counsel of others to help them gain objectivity. Support the show

We begin looking at the character of The Wise in Proverbs as a team, specifically at Proverbs 1:5-6 and 9:8-9. We discuss who we receive wisdom from and the difference between reproof and criticism, looking at some of the situations in our own lives. Support the show

Proverbs 2:9-10 tells us about a process of maturity that will happen to us over time as we allow God to work. This week we finish this section of Proverbs talking about anxiety, discretion, and how to bear the knowledge we gain. Support the show

"He is a shield to those who walk in integrity" Proverbs 2:7. Hang on, why do we need a shield? What is it about walking in wisdom that means we need to be guarded and watched over? We continue looking at Proverbs 2:6-12 and talk about how wisdom, vulnerability and danger coincide. Support the show

We enter week three of our Proverbs podcast, looking at Proverbs 2:6-12. What is wisdom, anyway? Why is our reading of the Proverbs different than how Solomon experienced them? How do we gain wisdom? Support the show

Proverbs can often be read as a promise, or a math statement. If you do this, then this will be the result. Are Proverbs meant to be promises, or are they principles to live by? We continue in our second week of introducing our Proverbs series and raise some of our own questions. Support the show

This week we start a new series, looking at how we read Proverbs through the eyes of grace. We're so excited to begin discovering God's wisdom alongside you and alongside our entire staff! Support the show

We finish up our Ascent of a Church Leader podcast series asking what exaltation really looks like, and what we can learn from Jesus' example of exaltation. Support the show

Do you know where you are in your maturity - and are you free enough to acknowledge it? Our new identities give us the freedom to acknowledge areas we are immature in and areas we are mature in. Listen in as we continue in the final podcasts of The Ascent of a Leader. Support the show

What would you rock the boat for? We continue talking about The Ascent of a Leader and what suffering for integrity in our church communities can look like. Even within the church we can face opposition for standing up for what's right, but the Lord still calls us forward in obedience. Support the show

On the fourth rung of the character ladder our hands land on the suffering rung. Our obedience to God does not promise us that our lives will get easier. God has much grander plans and much bigger purpose for how we love through our obedience. And if we are honest, that is what we really want as people with a sense of destiny. Support the show

We continue up the Character Ladder from the Ascent of a Leader (which you can view at www.trueface.org/ascentladders) on the rung of Obedience. What does it look like to be obedient when we aren't sure of the consequences? How do leaders encourage others to align with the truth and be obedient? Support the show

What is the difference between obedience and compliance? Why is obedience so necessary to our character? This week we continue in The Ascent of a Leader and the character ladder. To view the ladders, go to trueface.org/ascent-ladders. Support the show

This week we continue in The Ascent of a leader, discussing the second rung of vulnerability. How are vulnerability and transparency different? What does it mean to ask "How do I affect you?" and what does it mean to answer that honestly? Support the show

This week we continue discussing the Ascent of a Leader applied to church leaders. We look at 1 Peter 5:5-6 and discuss how church leaders can often hide their struggles in isolation until they get found out, but that Jesus gives us another option. Support the show