Do you feel the tension that comes when shedding off your old self and living into the freedom Jesus offers? From Romans 7:1-9 and 18-25, Rashad Clemons speaks truth into the honest struggle to live a Christian life and our longing for ultimate detention and renewal.

How do you find true freedom and transformation as a follower of Jesus? From Romans 6:1-7; 11-18, Al Abdulla explores why the Christian Doctrine of Union with Christ is key to finding our true selves leading to the freedom and lasting change that we long for.

Older generations were largely taught to distrust their emotions. Younger generations are taught to follow their emotions. Since we are made in God’s image, we are therefore emotional because God is emotional (Look at Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane). But what part do emotions play in our motivations and life decisions? From various Proverbs, and from Matthew 26:36-39, Al Abdulla explores the wisdom we all need to deal with the complex feelings of our psychological life.

Wisdom is the key to living life rightly— rightly ordered lives. Wisdom is the

Path of the Good Life. From Proverbs 5, Dave Lomas explores what sexuality actually means, and what God’s good intentions are for all of us.

Communication is a large subject in the book of Proverbs. Since life and death are in the power of words. The proper use and reception of words was critically important to the sages. From Proverb 26:17-28, Al Abdulla explores how our words can be healed so that our speech is healing to others.

A life well-lived is a life of deep listening. God invites us to step out of the center of our own lives and swear off self-sufficiency so that we can make space for deep friendship and love of neighbor.

From Proverbs 3:9-10; 30:7-9, Al Abdulla shows how Money is far more than the ability to buy things and create experiences. Money holds a spiritual power in our lives. In order for money to remain a blessing and not a curse, we need wisdom to know how to steward money well in God’s world.

In ancient cultures, a city with a broken down wall was in danger of being ruled by the enemy. Proverbs likens a person who lacks self-control to a city with broken down walls. From Proverbs 18:10; 23:19-21; 25:28, and Titus 2:11-14, we learn about the importance of self-control, the problem behind it, and how to practice it.

The Bible gives us a glorious vision of work- to cultivate the world. Yet ever since the Fall, our work has been cursed and we struggle to find meaning. The Proverbs teach us to avoid paths of sloth and pride in our work and find deep joy in being wise sons and daughters, working with God in the renewal of all things.

At the core of what it means to be wise is a concern for social justice. You aren’t wise unless you are living a life passionately committed to justice.