The hosts play Secular versus Solomon, in which one host reads a proverb and the others must say whether it is biblical wisdom (Solomon) or world wisdom (secular), naming a country of origin for secular ones. Rounds include 'When God gives hard bread, he gives sharp teeth' (secular, Germany), 'A king's wrath is a messenger of death' (Proverbs 16), 'A bribe is like a magic stone' (Proverbs 17:8), 'The wolf will hire himself out very cheaply as a shepherd' (secular, Russia), the donkey's house proverb (secular, Jamaica), 'Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys' (Proverbs 18:9), 'A wise king winnows the wicked' (Proverbs 20:26), the turtle-and-hen proverb (secular, Malaysia), 'Wait until it is night before saying it has been a fine day' (secular, Canada), and 'Death and life are in the power of the tongue' (Proverbs 18:21). The hosts riff on kingship versus American presidency, the disputed authorship of some Proverbs, and scorekeeping complaints.
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Pope style, full: the man mistaken for the Pope on childlike curiosity
- Did dinosaurs exist, and can science and faith be held together?
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Solomon: eight marks of a sluggard
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Ask the Pastor: why is Proverbs in the Bible?
- Why is the book of Proverbs in the Bible?
- Should we be looking for Jesus in every Old Testament text?
A host asks why Proverbs belongs in Scripture, launching a wide answer: Proverbs is a curated collection, and the Bible preserves the whole range of the human experience with God,…
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Secular vs Solomon: drowning men, monkeys, and Proverbs 11:9
- A drowning man is not troubled by rain — secular or Solomon?
- A monkey never thinks her baby's ugly — secular or Solomon?
Secular vs Solomon begins with the Ben Franklin rule that 'God helps those who help themselves' is not biblical.
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