Scripture and Tradition Bible Studies

Another beautiful poem on Wisdom opens up this lesson, with incredible connections to Jesus Christ, who is Wisdom incarnate. If you submit yourself to Wisdom, and take her yoke upon you, she will give you rest, which is exactly what Jesus promises as well!

Enjoy this sample from Lesson 3, "Wisdom For Life (Chs. 6:18—14:19)" from Dr. Nick's seven-part course, "Sirach: Fear the Lord." Anyone can join our community of students and stream the entire audio lesson and full course (and other courses too!) whenever they wish.

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Sirach opens with a prologue that is super unique and interesting among the books of Scripture. It gives us historical details that help to pinpoint the authorship and dating. Then, the book itself begins with an incredible poem on the origins of Wisdom in the Triune God. Though wisdom comes from God, it is a gift to all those who Fear the Lord.

Enjoy this sample from Lesson 2, "Wisdom Comes from the Lord (Chs. 1:1—6:17)" from Dr. Nick's seven-part course, "Sirach: Fear the Lord." Anyone can join our community of students and stream the entire audio lesson and full course (and other courses too!) whenever they wish.

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Besides the Psalter, this book is the longest of the Wisdom Book corpus in the Old Testament. It is a treasure trove of teachings on the divine origin of Wisdom, her attributes, and her love for all those seek her. Similar to the Book of Proverbs, Sirach guides God's people along the paths of holy and virtuous living in all aspects of life.

Enjoy this sample from Lesson 1, "Introducing the Book of Sirach" from Dr. Nick's seven-part course, "Sirach: Fear the Lord." Anyone can join our community of students and stream the entire audio lesson and full course (and other courses too!) whenever they wish.

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Wisdom 10-19 forms the second half of the book, which takes a unique direction. The first half in chapters 1-9 talked about the great pursuit of righteousness, wisdom, and immortality. Now it takes those truths and speaks of how wisdom saves the righteous and punishes the wicked throughout salvation history beginning with the creation of Adam himself throughout the deliverance of Israel from Egypt.

Enjoy this sample from Lesson 4, "Wisdom's Salvation (Chs. 10-19)" from Dr. Nick's four-part course, "The Wisdom of Solomon: Love Righteousness." Anyone can join our community of students and stream the entire audio lesson and full course (and other courses too!) whenever they wish.

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Solomon warns kings and rulers that all authority comes from God and must be exercised to promote God's laws and holiness. If they love righteousness and seek wisdom, then they'll reign for ever in God's Kingdom. Then, he uses his own love pursuit of eternal Wisdom as an example they should follow.

Enjoy this sample from Lesson 3, "Seek Wisdom (Chs. 6-9)" from Dr. Nick's four-part course, "The Wisdom of Solomon: Love Righteousness." Anyone can join our community of students and stream the entire audio lesson and full course (and other courses too!) whenever they wish.

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Chapters 1-5 of Wisdom makes the argument that the two ways presented before each of us—the way of righteousness versus the way of unrighteousness—have eternal consequences, either spiritual death or immortality in God. No other book in the Old Testament develops the theology of life after death than does Wisdom. Its message is picked up and developed often in the New Testament teachings of Jesus and St. Paul.

Enjoy this sample from Lesson 2, "Seek Immortality (Chs. 1-5)" from Dr. Nick's four-part course, "The Wisdom of Solomon: Love Righteousness." Anyone can join our community of students and stream the entire audio lesson and full course (and other courses too!) whenever they wish.

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Lesson 1 lays the foundation for this incredible book. We'll review it's place in the Wisdom Literature corpus, it's theological connections to the other Solomonic books, it's authorship and dating, the trifold structure, the most important themes and theology, and finally it's inclusion in the disputed "deuterocanonical books".

Enjoy this sample from Lesson 1, "Introducing the Book of Wisdom" from Dr. Nick's four-part course, "The Wisdom of Solomon: Love Righteousness." Anyone can join our community of students and stream the entire audio lesson and full course (and other courses too!) whenever they wish.

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The Song of Songs allegorically expresses the soul's longing for intimacy many times, but the strange thing is that such intimacy doesn't occur, not even at the end. Instead, the bride cries out again, "Make haste my beloved," because she wants to be with him. This finale is crucial for understanding the Church's longing for Christ when she says, "Come, Lord Jesus!" (Rev 22:20).

Enjoy this sample from Lesson 3, "Make Haste, My Beloved (Song 5-8)" from Dr. Nick's course, "Song of Songs: A Life of Divine Intimacy." Anyone can join our community of students and stream the entire audio lesson and full course (and other courses too!) whenever they wish.

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This lesson examines the first half of the book according to the predominate interpretive views of the groom representing God/Messiah and the bride representing Israel/Church, and by extension each human soul. Such a take makes sense of all the various images and language used throughout the book leading us to proclaim along with the bride, "I will seek him whom my soul loves."

Enjoy this sample from Lesson 2, "I Will Seek Him Whom My Soul Loves (Song 1-4)" from Dr. Nick's course, "Song of Songs: A Life of Divine Intimacy." Anyone can join our community of students and stream the entire audio lesson and full course (and other courses too!) whenever they wish.

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The Song of Songs, or Song of Solomon, is an incredibly powerful book. At first glance, one might conclude it's exclusively about the love between a husband and wife. However, the book is concerned with a much more powerful intimacy, that between God and his people. This book has shaped the spiritual writings of some of the greatest saints in Catholic Tradition. Learn to read it as they did, and your life will be changed forever.

Enjoy this sample from Lesson 1, "Introducing the Song of Songs" from Dr. Nick's course, "Song of Songs: A Life of Divine Intimacy." Anyone can join our community of students and stream the entire audio lesson and full course (and other courses too!) whenever they wish.

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