Philip McDuffie

  • Refraining Wisdom

    “When words are many, transgression is not lacking,  but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.” Proverbs 10:19 If you are anything like me, and I am confident that I am not the exception here, then you love to hear yourself talk. According to the Bible though, this is not a good thing. Lately, this particular…

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  • Get Self-Control!

    “A man without self-control  is like a city broken into and left without walls.” Proverbs 25:28 The Bible teaches that we have three great enemies: the world, the flesh, and the devil. These three adversaries have done more damage to the human race than all the communist regimes throughout history. The world, this godless age…

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  • Don’t Overstay!

    “Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,  lest he have his fill of you and hate you.” Proverbs 25:17 Just the other day I was meditating on this proverb while I was sitting in my office. As one of our custodians came in to straighten up, I mentioned it to her to see…

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  • Two Hopes

    “The hope of the righteous brings joy,  but the expectation of the wicked will perish.” Proverbs 10:28 Hope is grounded on the certainty of future blessing. It springs up inside of people as they think about all the good that is going to come to them at a later date. And to some extent, everybody…

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  • What A Nuisance!

    “Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,  so is the sluggard to those who send him.” Proverbs 10:26 Throughout the book of Proverbs, the sluggard is actually portrayed in amusing and pitiful ways. The sluggard is depicted as a person who is perpetually lazy and inactive. He does not have any discipline,…

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  • It’s God’s Fault

    “When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin,  his heart rages against the Lord.” Proverbs 19:3 In the beginning, God made us upright (Genesis 1:26; Ecclesiastes 7:29). Ever since the fall of Adam, however, we have inherited a sin nature (Psalm 51:5; Romans 5:19). With this sin nature, we live out folly. According to the…

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  • Hear Both Sides!

    “The one who states his case first seems right,  until the other comes and examines him.” (Proverbs 18:17) Within our sin nature, that old self that we inherited from Adam, there is a tendency to deceive others. This is especially true when we state our case to other people with the aim of getting them…

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