Always Wear Clean Underwear and Other Surprisingly Biblical Insights from the Mouths of Our Parents Nearly every child can remember The List. Invoked by parents everywhere, The List consists of the accumulated wisdom of the centuries, conveyed in short pithy comments, truisms, and advice. It includes everything from Look both ways before you cross the street to Clean your plate to I hope that when you grow up, youll have a kid just like you. Rabbi Marc Gellman has made the point over the years that behind these tried and true sayings is a deeper, more important wisdom that children often miss. For the next couple of weeks our St. Andrew Pastors are going to help us discover that many items from The List actually convey Godly, Biblical wisdom that we never grow out of.