Jeff and John wrap up their series on the book of Proverbs by sharing a number of lessons they've learned on "redeeming the time" (Ephesians 5:16).
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 15): Smart People Love Discipline (Part 3):
Jeff and John continue their conversation on the theme of discipline in the book of Proverbs, discussing the theme of diligence. Topics include:
- Why diligence is a skill to learn.
- The difference between efficiency and effectiveness.
- Taking a long-view of life.
- Working on the right things at the right times.
...and much more.
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 14): Smart People Love Discipline (Part 2):
Jeff and John continue their conversation on the theme of discipline in the book of Proverbs, and revisit the theme of sloth. Topics include:
- How to know if you're a sluggard.
- Defeating procrastination.
- The real differences between lazy and productive people.
...and much more.
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 13): Smart People Love Discipline (Part 1):
Jeff and John start a conversation on the theme of discipline in the book of Proverbs. Topics include:
- The importance of saying "no" to yourself.
- Why willpower is not sufficient.
- Learning to love discipline
...and much more.
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 12): Smart People Pursue Integrity (Part 2):
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 12): Smart People Pursue Integrity (Part 2):
Jeff and John continue discussing the theme of integrity in Proverbs, including:
- 4 critical areas of integrity.
- The importance of honesty in "little" things.
- Picking truthful friends
...and much more.
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 11): Smart People Pursue Integrity.
Jeff and John discuss the theme of integrity, including:
- The difference between authenticity and integrity.
- How integrity protects and guides us.
- The challenges to building integrity.
- How to build integrity.
...and much more.
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 10): Cultivating a Good Reputation (Part 2)
Jeff and John continue their discussion on the importance of "a good name" from Proverbs 25. Topics include,
- The relationship between self-control and honor. .
- The art of persuasion.
- Having clear convictions.
- Letting your "yes" be "yes" and your "no" be "no."
...and much more.
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 9): Cultivating a Good Reputation
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 9): Cultivating a Good Reputation
In the ninth installment of their series on the book of Proverbs, Jeff and John discuss the importance of having "a good name." Topics include,
- The power of reputation
- Reputation as a byproduct and not a goal.
- How to cultivate a good reputation (from Proverbs 25).
...and much more.
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 8): Be Proactive in Doing Good
In the eighth installment of their series on the book of Proverbs, Jeff, and John discuss being proactive in doing good, including:
- How fearing God leads to generosity.
- Seeing how God views the poor.
- The complex nature of poverty.
- Ways to start being proactive in doing good.
...and much more.
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 7): Prioritize friendship (part 2)
Title: Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 7): Prioritize friendship (part 2)
In the seventh installment of their series on the book of Proverbs, Jeff and John discuss how to make friends, including:
- What to look for (and what to avoid) in potential friends
- Overcoming barriers to making friends
- Being a friendly versus being a friend
- Friendship as a shoulder to shoulder relationship.
...and much more
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 6): Prioritize friendship (part 1)
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 6): Prioritize friendship (part 1)
n the sixth installment of their series on the book of Proverbs, Jeff and John discuss
- The decline of friendship
- The need for friendship
- and much more.
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 5): Protecting your marriage.
In the fifth installment of their series on the book of Proverbs, Jeff and John discuss:
- The importance of prioritizing marriage.
- Identifying warning signs within marriage.
- Differences between the biblical vision of marriage and cultural expectations around marriage.
- The need for a bigger mission in marriage.
- and much more.
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 4): How to manage God's Money
In the fourth installment of their series on the book of Proverbs, Jeff and John discuss:
- Habits of wise financial management from the book of Proverbs.
- Transferring ownership of our wealth to God.
- Problems with sports talk radio.
- Problems with racoons.
- and much more.
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 3): How (not) to manage God's money.
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 3): How (not) to manage God's money. In the third installment of their series on the book of Proverbs, Jeff, and John discuss:
- What Proverbs teaches about finances.
- How money relates to the fear of the Lord.
- 5 financial pitfalls Proverbs warns against...
and more...
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 2): Taking God Seriously
In the second installment of their series on the book of Proverbs, Jeff and John discuss:
- Why is fear of the Lord "the beginning of the wisdom" (Proverbs 1:7)?
- What is (and is not) the fear of the Lord?
- Why don't we fear the Lord?
- How do we grow in the fear of the Lord?
and more...
Smart People: What Proverbs Teaches about Building Habits (Part 1): Becoming a Lifelong Learner
In the first installment of a new series on the book of Proverbs, Jeff and John discuss:
- Why they love the book of Proverbs.
- The nature of "wisdom" in the book of Proverbs.
- Learning to desire wisdom.
- Learning from the book of nature and the book of Scripture.
- Becoming a lifelong learner.
and more...
Dirty Deeds (Part 7): How to Kill Sin
In the final installment of their series on the deeds of the flesh, John and Jeff talk about how to mortify sin (Romans 8:13). Topics include:
- The critical importance of union with Christ.
- Identifying triggers.
- The importance of fasting and feasting.
- True repentance.
and more...
Dirty Deeds (Part 6): The Tongue
John and Jeff talk about sins of the tongue. Topics include:
- Why can't we tame the tongue?
- Why is the tongue so dangerous?
- How God empowers us to control our speech.
- How to speak with restraint.
- Guidelines for digital communication.
and more...
Dirty Deeds (Part 5): Sloth
John and Jeff talk about sloth and laziness. Topics include:
- What's so dangerous about being lazy?
- How to tell if you're a sluggard
- How to grow in diligence
and more...
Dirty Deeds (Part 4): Lust
John and Jeff talk about lust and sexual desire. Topics include:
- What is lust, according to the New Testament?
- The difference between lust and created sexual desire.
- The destructive power of lust.
- The deceitfulness of lust.
- Deliverance from lust.