by Allan Brown | Jul 16, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 9
Proverbs 9:12 [ESV] If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it. As I have passed through the decades my understanding of wisdom has changed. As a brash twenty year old, wisdom looked like being the smartest guy in the room...
by Allan Brown | Jul 16, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 9
Proverbs 9:11 [ESV] for by me your days will be multiplied, and year will be added to your life. I have been writing my biography for over seven years now, at times writing each day, and at times stuck and waiting for something to clear or to settle so that I...
by Allan Brown | Jul 15, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 9
Proverbs 9:10 [ESV] The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. Holiness to me is a hunger for God that outweighs all other desires. There have been many times in my life where confession has not been easy,...
by Allan Brown | Jul 15, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 9
Proverbs 9:9 [ESV] Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning I thought I was wise. At the age of 10 I knew I had to get away. At the age of 20 I thought I was the way. At the age of 30 I...
by Allan Brown | Jul 15, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 9
Proverbs 9:8 [ESV] Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. We had a very strong relationship built of trust, hard work, and respect for each other and had carried disagreements well in the past. I still remember...
by Allan Brown | Jul 14, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 9
Proverbs 9:7 [ESV] Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. I was working with a couple and had decided to meet up with the husband for a few one-on-one sessions. The couple had serious challenges in their...
