Habit Helps

Be Proactive in Doing Good

Jeff and John Bruce

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)

Jeff and John Bruce

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)

Jeff and John Bruce

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.

Protecting Your Marriage

Jeff and John Bruce

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. 

How to manage God's Money

Jeff and John Bruce

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 2): Taking God Seriously

Jeff & John Bruce

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...

Becoming a Lifelong Learner

Jeff & John Bruce

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...

The Tongue

Jeff & John Bruce

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...