Category Archives: Dan Phillips

Or bang down a bottle of your favorite adult beverage…

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

Proverbs is a collection of…well, proverbs! And proverbs by definition are short and pointed. They burst in the front door, bang a cup on the table, have their say, and then exit with a slam – leaving us blinking in … Continue reading →

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Wisdom taught…wisdom required…

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

…Proverbs both teaches wisdom, and requires wisdom for its correct interpretation and application. Dan Phillips, GWiP, 23

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I yam what I yam…

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

Proverbs are wonderfully successful at being what they are: proverbs. They are not failed prophecies or systematic theologies. Dan Phillips, GWiP, 21

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Skill for fear…

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

…wisdom is skill for living in the fear of Yahweh. Dan Phillips, GWiP, 11

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Nothing to offer…

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

If anyone thinks that he has nothing to learn, then I am afraid that I have nothing to offer – nothing, that is, that such a one would want to receive. Dan Phillips, GWiP, xvii

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Upward-slanted signs…

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

…all of life is God’s concern. God does not honor secularism’s upward-slanted “No Trespassing” signs. Dan Phillips, GWiP, xv

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