Proverbs 11:14
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age that worships at the altar of the autonomous individual. The high priest of our secular religion is the sovereign self, a creature who answers to no one, takes counsel from no one, and is guided by nothing more than the fickle compass of his own passions. It is the freedom of a ship without a rudder, a nation without a king, a man without a mind. This is not a minor disagreement over leadership styles. It is the difference between a cosmos governed by the infinite wisdom of God and a madhouse run by the inmates. The book of Proverbs is a bucket of cold, clear water thrown on the fevered delusions of our time. It is intensely practical, relentlessly theological, and utterly dismissive of our modern pretensions. It does not offer suggestions; it lays down the law of reality.