Wisdom and Doubt

Susan R. Garrett
Dean of the Seminary
Professor of New Testament

March 7, 2014
Exploratory Weekend
Proverbs 8:1-11
James 1:5-7; 3:13-18

Doubts are not all bad—sometimes they serve very useful purposes. Some kinds of doubt actually serve a useful purpose. Doubt can be the still small voice causing us to question our choices. Doubt can be the messenger from above prompting us to question the wisdom we receive from the world and measure it against the standards of God. Listen to the sermon.  Read the sermon in PDF.

A Word Fitly Spoken

Amy Plantinga Pauw
Henry P. Mobley Jr. Professor of Doctrinal Theology

September 16, 2011

Proverbs 25:11-20
Proverbs 8:22-31

Any fool can spout proverbs, but only a wise person knows how to draw on the great treasury of human words to find the one that is fitly spoken on a given occasion. Wise persons are discerning in what to say and when to say it.  Listen to the sermon.  Read the sermon in PDF.

Sticking Close to Woman Wisdom

Amy Plantinga Pauw
Henry P. Mobley Professor of Doctrinal Theology

May 1, 2009
1 Cor. 1:18-25
Proverbs 8:32-9:6

God’s wisdom is alive in the world, and it is inseparable from justice and righteousness. Trust God beyond what you can see, beyond what you can understand. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.

Wisdom's Winsome Way

Dr. David R. Sawyer
Director of Lifelong Learning and Advanced Degrees
Professor of Ministry

April 27, 2007
1 Samuel 25 (selected verses)

We work together, play together, worship together, and care for each other. And sometimes, we get angry at each other. We get in each other’s ways. We get on each other’s nerves. We react sometimes foolishly. This is especially true when things are changing, and wow, are things ever changing in the world, in the church, and in the seminary. The old ways of doing church no longer work, and we find ourselves in the wilderness trying to find a better way.
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