Monthly Archives: July 2019

Appeals to Emotion-Fear

Proverbs 10:13 “Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.”   Proverbs 18:6 “A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.”   “Appeal to fear” is a propaganda technique. “Appeal to fear” is used when someone makes you… Read more »

Hand Outs

In our Lord’s parable of the “Bags of Gold” (Matthew 25) I saw the difference between God’s Handouts and the Government’s handouts.   In this parable we learn how God entrusts us with His wealth for the Kingdom. To some He gives more than to others, but to all He gives – so they can… Read more »

Assumptions

Proverbs 15:28 “The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.”   The definition for ‘assumption’ is something taken for granted, or accepted as true without proof. How often we make assumptions without even being aware of them.  When we have an argument over something it might actually… Read more »