Sluggard marks 1-2: won't start, won't finish
The Secular vs. Solomon game frame is set with an article, 'Eight marks of a sluggard': mark 1 is that the sluggard will not start things (initiative fails; one host confesses a piece of siding blown off a year ago he keeps talking about), and mark 2 is that he will not finish things (half-read books, unused gym memberships, unkept promises). The hosts push back that the same marks can describe an overcommitted person who cannot say no rather than a lazy one.
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Pope style, full: the man mistaken for the Pope on childlike curiosity
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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?
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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?
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