- What does 'whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind' mean?
The hosts play the returning Secular vs Solomon game: a host reads a proverb and the players must say whether it is secular wisdom (naming a country of origin) or biblical wisdom (Solomon, naming the Proverbs reference). Rounds include the Russian proverb about a dog and its master, Proverbs 11:29, Proverbs 11:12, Proverbs 9:12, Proverbs 6:20, the Greek tree-planting proverb, the Indian tiger proverb, the Polish love-and-eyes proverb, Proverbs 10:1, and a visit-your-aunt proverb. Studio participants Andrew Carson, Dave Herrick, and Mike Guessman play along with the hosts, with running jokes about Monte Cristo, Montenegro, and the Bones TV show.
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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?
Framing gag: a man in Minneapolis (sketching the 'pope' in downtown Des Moines) mistook Boova for the pontiff and demanded 'paper wisdom' — Boova refused to sign his Bible but agreed to the wisdom.
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Solomon: eight marks of a sluggard
For the Solomon round, the hosts read an article listing eight marks of the sluggard from Proverbs: he will not start things, will not finish things, will not face hard things…
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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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