Proverbs Archives - Bethel Grove Bible Church

On the Tip of My Tongue: Guarding

June 1, 2025 No Comments

Gossip can’t be stopped by a few scouts. The cavalry needs to show up. One of the first duties of a community is to guard

On the Tip of My Tongue: Restraining

May 25, 2025 No Comments

How should we respond to other people’s strong emotions? A key part of speaking wisely is restraining our own feelings. Our words can be calm

On the Tip of My Tongue: Assuring

May 18, 2025 No Comments

How can you know what someone is thinking? Only through the words they use. If we speak to each other truthfully, our relationships can be

On the Tip of My Tongue: Blessing

May 11, 2025 No Comments

A gentle tongue is a tree of life. What does it mean for our words to be gentle? How do words become twisted? A study

On the Tip of My Tongue: Listening

May 4, 2025 No Comments

Solomon tells his children that everything he says has a source: what he heard from his own father David. When it comes to speaking rightly,

On the Tip of My Tongue: Learning

April 27, 2025 No Comments

Our words build the community of people around us, for well or ill. We can build up healthy people, or we can tear people down.

Wisdom at Work: Contented

April 6, 2025 No Comments

When your work is done, what do you have? So often, our work ethic just empowers us to build an alienated life of discontent. It

Wisdom at Work: Driven

March 23, 2025 No Comments

We were designed to work on big, ambitious tasks. But the world is fallen and our progress is always eroding. What is God’s wisdom for

Fast Friends: Character

March 22, 2025 No Comments

Our friendships are a mirror into our character, revealing what we truly love. A study of Proverbs 27.6 and 29.5. (Pastor Raley answers questions about

Fast Friends: Fruit

March 16, 2025 No Comments

Friendships are the fruit of our words. If we want to change our friendships for the better, we have to see our hearts transformed. A

Fast Friends: Nourishment

March 9, 2025 No Comments

Friendships can be poisoned or nourished over time by how we speak to each other. A study of Proverbs 27.9 and 10.17. (Pastor Raley answers

Fast Friends: Companions

February 23, 2025 No Comments

American society is in the grip of a loneliness epidemic that affects our mental and physical health. What does God’s wisdom teach us about friendship?

Time Sensitive: Seasons

February 2, 2025 No Comments

Solomon sends us to the ant to learn something about time. The season we’re in tells us the work we should be doing. A study

Family Service: Wisdom Takes Flight

January 19, 2025 No Comments

In this family service, we review what we earned about wisdom in the fall. Wisdom, we discover, is a lot like flying airplanes.

A Plan for BG’s Growth (Part 2)

January 12, 2025 No Comments

Bethel Grove will focus on the role of community in spiritual formation in 2025. In this sermon on Proverbs 2.20-22, Pastor Raley lays out some

A Plan for BG’s Growth (Part 1)

January 10, 2025 No Comments

A local church used to be a symbol of something solid in the community. But decades of national scandals involving finances have diminished people’s trust

Squinting in Fog: Confidence

November 17, 2024 No Comments

We need confidence in order to make decisions. Since we can’t be confident about knowing the future, or even knowing our own motivations, where should

Squinting in Fog: Errors

November 10, 2024 No Comments

It is hard to make decisions when the future is a fog. But even worse is trying to make decisions when our own motivations are

Squinting in Fog: Uncertainty

November 3, 2024 No Comments

Wisdom is about decision-making. But how can we make wise decisions if the future is shrouded in fog? A study of Proverbs 14.12-18. (Pastor Raley

Wisdom under a Microscope: Growth

October 27, 2024 No Comments

Like all living things, wisdom grows. The liberating reality is that the wise life is not a static one, but a growing one. A study

Wisdom under a Microscope: DNA

October 20, 2024 No Comments

The DNA of wisdom tells you what you should do in your roles. But the word we need to use for this information is one

Wisdom under a Microscope: Roles

October 13, 2024 No Comments

A cell has parts that each play a role in its life. When we look closely at wisdom, we find roles that contribute to our

Wisdom under a Microscope: Behavior

October 6, 2024 No Comments

Just as we can see the behavior of organisms under a microscope, we can see the virtues of wisdom when we zoom in close. A

Wisdom under a Microscope: Organism

September 29, 2024 No Comments

In this special family service, we start putting wisdom under a microscope. We discover that wisdom is a living whole. A study of Proverbs 1.1-7.

Wisdom for Missions

September 22, 2024 No Comments

BG seeks wisdom from four seasoned guides about the future of global missions. Pastor Raley talks with Chuck and Barbara Grimes and Dave and Joyce

Wisdom Journey: Turns

September 20, 2024 No Comments

What should you do when your journey to Wisdom gets on the wrong track? A study of Proverbs 3.7.

Wisdom Journey: Arrivals

September 15, 2024 No Comments

There are places of enjoyment in our wisdom journey where we arrive at healing. Due to technical problems, this sermon recording was cut off. But

Wisdom Journey: Guides

September 1, 2024 No Comments

Whenever we journey to a new place, we need a guide–a person who will show us where to go and what to avoid. In this

Wisdom Journey: Departure

August 25, 2024 No Comments

All journeys to wisdom depart from the same station–what Proverbs calls “the fear of the Lord.” This study of Proverbs 1.7 probes the reasons why

Wisdom Journey: Invitation

August 18, 2024 No Comments

This year, we start a journey to Wisdom in the book of Proverbs. In this study of Proverbs 8, we hear an invitation from Wisdom