by Allan Brown | Jul 16, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 9
Proverbs 9:13 [ESV] The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing. Have I ever made a stupid choice, or lived in a stupid way? Yes, many times. I lacked wise counsel, and even if it was there, I thought I knew better. More recently in the last ten years...
by Allan Brown | Mar 22, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 8, Uncategorized
Prov 8:5 [ESV] O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense. As a young Christian I found myself wanting to somehow belong, to connect, and to grow in maturity in my faith. In a random conversation, standing outside a bathroom, with a man I hardly knew,...
by Allan Brown | Jan 31, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 7
Prov 7:27 [ESV] Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chamber of death. I was thirteen and was with my social worker. He had been playing rugby, and had invited me along to watch him play. It was a nice spring day, so I stood on the sidelines and...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.” Wow…..I love this – I love the drama of it – unseen by...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 6
Proverbs 6:14 with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; I think I was cleaning around the house, Wendy was at work. She was working as a nurse and often had night shifts. Somehow I knocked over a small glass ornament, it was a swan. It was...