tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post6744228953611763089..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: "God's Wisdom in Proverbs": What's the Deal?Phil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-75749254494678196432011-08-17T22:41:32.343-07:002011-08-17T22:41:32.343-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.thomas4881https://www.blogger.com/profile/16839685480671937969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-44089486474571830492011-08-17T07:56:29.192-07:002011-08-17T07:56:29.192-07:00Ordered my copy a couple weeks ago and look forwar...Ordered my copy a couple weeks ago and look forward to receiving.Paul Nevergallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358541335927749277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-81488176153626459082011-08-17T07:45:53.727-07:002011-08-17T07:45:53.727-07:00Appendix Four includes Preaching & Teaching th...Appendix Four includes Preaching & Teaching the Book of Proverbs. Without knowing the contents - would your advice be similar when preaching & teaching James?Paul Nevergallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358541335927749277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-16885801372168792192011-08-16T21:44:41.703-07:002011-08-16T21:44:41.703-07:00I’m relieved that I am not the only one with issue...I’m relieved that I am not the only one with issues, regarding Dr Longman that is.Thomas Louwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406486510590654502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-57881477639279888902011-08-16T21:09:45.587-07:002011-08-16T21:09:45.587-07:00"My approach is not primarily per se to do a ...<i>"My approach is not primarily per se to do a "find Jesus in Proverbs" hunt as it is to show how Proverbs is positioned in the entire Canon, and how it speaks with one voice with the NT as well as the whole OT. I also show how it points us to Christ, and how it interplays both with saving faith and living faith.</i><br /><br />And that, right there, is why I wish Blogger had a Love function on comments. Or at least a Like one. <br /><br />Can't. Wait.Rachael Starkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10781158372237369417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-70043913894071022252011-08-16T21:02:09.046-07:002011-08-16T21:02:09.046-07:00Seriously debating giving up some grocery money fo...Seriously debating giving up some grocery money for this.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907232516924907165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-35999393914744841812011-08-16T18:29:30.032-07:002011-08-16T18:29:30.032-07:00Your book has study questions at the end of each c...Your book has study questions at the end of each chapter which you say will be helpful for Bible studies. But if they're studying your book then obviously, it's not a Bible study! And I thought you were a committed cesationist.Elaine Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429877954976479467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-14100568343133062502011-08-16T15:37:30.316-07:002011-08-16T15:37:30.316-07:00I was in a bit of a hurry and forgot to add that I...I was in a bit of a hurry and forgot to add that I can not wait to see how you unlock how Proverbs applies to Christians and some practical ways that we can use the wisdom God provides for us in this book. If it is even just half as thought-provoking as your blog posts, I am sure that it will be a book I read and digest many, many times.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987985549747283669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-72016365820320886272011-08-16T14:04:18.662-07:002011-08-16T14:04:18.662-07:00Thank you, Bill, I really appreciate it.Thank you, Bill, I really appreciate it.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-27825038624336079002011-08-16T13:59:44.353-07:002011-08-16T13:59:44.353-07:00Thank you.
Sounds like good stuff.
Can't wai...Thank you.<br /><br />Sounds like good stuff.<br /><br />Can't wait to get my copy.<br /><br />P.S. Purchased, downloaded and devoured TWTG last Thursday. I will continue to highly recommend it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-16855339781728681082011-08-16T13:50:56.296-07:002011-08-16T13:50:56.296-07:00Dan,
Just thinking about your past couple of comm...Dan,<br /><br />Just thinking about your past couple of comments and I can't help but to think that wisdom has always called out to me and I didn't listen. So much of the Proverbs, just as the rest of the Bible, has pointed out my own folly and wickedness. And this points to my need for salvation, which Jesus provided through his perfect life and atoning death where He took the wrath of God for my sinfulness (and sins). <br /><br />Now, as a Christian, I am called to follow the wisdom displayed in Proverbs because it is wisdom delivered from God. In Proverbs, God has laid out clearly the path of the wicked and the righteous...the fool and the wise man. I should read and meditate upon the Proverbs and this should cause my conduct as a Christian to reflect the wisdom of God...and I can do so if I am abiding in Christ and living by the will and the power that the Holy Spirit provides.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987985549747283669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-671299369436170902011-08-16T13:35:30.959-07:002011-08-16T13:35:30.959-07:00In that process, btw, I visit and revisit "ho...In that process, btw, I visit and revisit "how do we as Christians deal with Proverbs" from a number of angles.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-83517143250890516312011-08-16T13:34:43.216-07:002011-08-16T13:34:43.216-07:00Let me say I do interact, more than once, and at s...Let me say I do interact, more than once, and at some length. My approach is not <i>primarily per se</i> to do a "find Jesus in Proverbs" hunt <i>as it is</i> to show how Proverbs is positioned in the entire Canon, and how it speaks with one voice with the NT as well as the whole OT. I also show how it points us to Christ, and how it interplays both with saving faith and living faith.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-340718881122316222011-08-16T13:28:31.384-07:002011-08-16T13:28:31.384-07:00Hey Dan,
I have ordered it.
The post today was ve...Hey Dan,<br />I have ordered it.<br /><br />The post today was very helpful in knowing what to expect, with one exception. <br /><br />Could you drop a hint as to how or if you will interact with God's Wisdom in Proverbs and Jesus, God's Wisdom?<br /><br />Except for a passing statement or two, so many Proverbs comentaries just don't or won't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-17818153632270742272011-08-16T13:11:41.456-07:002011-08-16T13:11:41.456-07:00jbboren, I'd love to do a commentary someday, ...jbboren, I'd love to do a commentary someday, but this isn't that.<br /><br />You get a good idea from the Table of Contents, which I have in the post. The whole is a study, made up of a series of focused studies. In the course, of course, I do examine and analyze several passages and individual verses at length. There's a verse by verse analysis and exposition, for instance, of 1:1-7, another of 2:1ff, another of 3:5ff., and a whole appendix on 22:6. But there are discussions and expositions of many other verses as well.<br /><br />It is usable for a Bible study book (A) because it's literally <i>packed</i> with Scriptures, opened up and applied; (B) because the chapters are broken into sections, which makes for easy apportionment (i.e. "We'll study up to ___"); and (C) each chapter has a series of questions for discussion at the end.<br /><br />You could use it personally, church groups, college classes, seminary courses. It's all up to the use the individual, leader, teacher or professor wants to make of it.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-84343263353875181812011-08-16T12:58:51.395-07:002011-08-16T12:58:51.395-07:00@Robert: First I'll need to organize my books...@Robert: First I'll need to organize my books (most of my shelves have books in multiple layers and positions), then I'll add it to my P section.<br /><br />@DJP: That should give me time to finish Knowing God.Always Reforminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13018224190996387167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-35000988446614974402011-08-16T12:55:19.850-07:002011-08-16T12:55:19.850-07:00My current plan:
a) buy WTG and Proverbs (may nee...My current plan:<br /><br />a) buy WTG and Proverbs (may need to stop eating for a week)<br /><br />b) rip out section on prophecy from Grudem's systematic theology; replace with WTG<br /><br />c) read Proverbs for morning devotions<br /><br />d) make decisions; go to bed without anxietyScothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573138499478048502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-59264958905353597282011-08-16T12:52:27.990-07:002011-08-16T12:52:27.990-07:00Is it a commentary, a textbook, a bible study, or ...Is it a commentary, a textbook, a bible study, or something else?jbborenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917021408343032334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-36773442851333534012011-08-16T12:43:39.164-07:002011-08-16T12:43:39.164-07:00Yeah...I got it for about the same price as WTG, A...Yeah...I got it for about the same price as WTG, Always Reforming! I can add to the P section of my bookshelves now.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987985549747283669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-13597171237170333142011-08-16T12:27:57.017-07:002011-08-16T12:27:57.017-07:00Target-date is September 1, 2011.Target-date is September 1, 2011.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-45855600923966206012011-08-16T12:25:30.457-07:002011-08-16T12:25:30.457-07:0050%?? Too good to pass up!! The ratio of pages to...50%?? Too good to pass up!! The ratio of pages to dollars is outrageous!!<br /><br />Maybe you said this soemwhere, but when does it actually get released?Always Reforminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13018224190996387167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-52399007835248105922011-08-16T12:10:50.560-07:002011-08-16T12:10:50.560-07:00Fabulous. :-)Fabulous. :-)threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-44965912646596500022011-08-16T12:07:48.576-07:002011-08-16T12:07:48.576-07:003GD: all of Appendix 3 is devoted to that very thi...3GD: all of Appendix 3 is devoted to that very thing.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-30600810142430309012011-08-16T12:03:49.581-07:002011-08-16T12:03:49.581-07:00If Chapter 8 includes what I'll call Dan's...If Chapter 8 includes what I'll call Dan's "rethinking" of Prov 22:6 as discussed in <a href="http://sgbcaz.com/sermons/download/20071028_5.mp3" rel="nofollow">this talk</a>, then his book will be worth ten times the regular price.<br /><br />[Begins at the 47:35 mark and runs to 53:10; I've transcribed this section, if anyone is interested.]threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-30740568760464221882011-08-16T11:59:10.849-07:002011-08-16T11:59:10.849-07:00I have smart commenters.
(c:I have smart commenters.<br /><br />(c:DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.com