Wise Speech and the Power of God

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Proverbs 18:13
November 9, 2025

Proverbs 18:13: If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

Sermon Outline

1. The priority of hearing

2. A temptation when speaking

3. A window into the heart

4. The wisdom of our God

1 Corinthians 1:18: For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

A Fine Wife

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Proverbs 31:10-31
January 26, 2025

Sermon Outline

1. A wife of noble character

• Who is the passage speaking of?

• What if I’m not a wife or a mother?

• A woman of noble character

2. First area of her attention: her husband

• A helper suitable for him

• “clothed in fine linen and purple”

3. Second area of her attention: her children

• Basic needs

• Involved in their lives

• All this takes energy!

4. Third area of her attention: outside her home

• Finances (for her home)

• The needy

5. Near the end: “Who can find?”

6. Applications

The Dark and Light Paths

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Proverbs 4:18-19
June 12, 2022

Proverbs 4:18-19: The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

Sermon Outline

1. The Bible places everyone into just two categories

• This is odd to modern people

  • At best, "old-fashioned and overly simplistic"

  • At worst, "There those holier-than-thou Christians go again"

• Why does God use these terms?

  • Consider what God is like

  • All human beings are born resistant to God

  • In the Bible, God calls his people (worshipers, followers) "righteous"

2. For those who are not his, God describes their lives as a dark path

• A figure of speech

  • Main idea: danger

  • Further idea: a certain confusion/bewilderment

• What the dark path looks like

  • May be obvious

  • May not be obvious

  • On a national level

  • Person is not prepared for death

3. For those who are his, God describes their lives as a path of light

• Their path has light

• The light they have grows

Benediction

Proverbs 4:18: The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

An Under-Rated Might

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Proverbs 16:32
March 7, 2021

Wisdom From Proverbs for 2021

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Speakers: Tim Russell, Randy Hepler, and Nate Hampton
Scripture: Proverbs 15:30, 15, 16
January 10, 2021

Alone with Your Thoughts

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Proverbs 14:10
October 4, 2020

Scriptural Wisdom for the New Year

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Speakers: Curt Hoke, Rick Renninger, and Keith DeWalt
Scripture: Proverbs 14: 27, 30, 12, 4, 26, 10
January 5, 2020

“I Don’t Gossip… but Did You Know That So and So Does?”

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Various passages
January 21, 2018

The Poor

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Proverbs 28:27
December 10, 2017

Prayers That Bounce Back

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Proverbs 28:9
November 26, 2017

Getting “Justice” Right

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Proverbs 28:5
November 19, 2017

Fleeing When No One Pursues

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Proverbs 28:1
October 22, 2017

Plans of the Heart

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Proverbs 16:1, 3
March 19, 2017

Do Not Lean On Your Own Understanding

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6
October 30, 2016

Pleasant Words Like Honey

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Proverbs 16:24
August 10, 2014

The Lord's Discipline

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Proverbs 3:11-23
July 14, 2013

Guard Your Heart

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Proverbs 4:23
August 19, 2012

Three of This, Four of That

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Proverbs 30:18-33
August 12, 2012

A List or Two (from Agur)

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Proverbs 30:10-17
July 15, 2012

Agur the Pagan Wises Up

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Proverbs 30:1-9
July 8, 2012