Proverbs 19:8

Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good. [Proverbs 19:8]   In an age of anti-intellectual emotionalism and anti-emotional intellectualism, Scripture provides the sanity which both sides recoil from (Ps. 10:4). The balance is difficult and not merely quantitative. Sinful man abhors it, in part because it resists making excuses…

Vitamin D: Why We Need Enough

Vitamin D stands out among the most critical and most researched nutrients.  The list below only scratches the surface of known and suspected benefits of maintaining adequate vitamin D.  It is actually more of a hormone than a vitamin in its mechanisms of action and in being produced from cholesterol metabolism. While nearly all recognize…

Proverbs 19:7

All a poor man’s brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them. [Proverbs 19:7]   When we read a verse in Scripture, our common instinct is to set ourselves in the righteous man’s place. In this case, that means casting ourselves…

Inflammation Drivers for OCD Explaining PANS and PANDAS

For millennia, man has asked what makes us do what we do, reaching a multitude of answers, some on target and some not. Ultimately, we are driven both by physical and spiritual factors. This particular study indicates that inflammation is one of the physical factors contributing to compulsions. Sidestepping those who want to pigeonhole our…

Proverbs 19:6

Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts. [Proverbs 19:6]   Money can’t buy love, they say, but that’s manifestly false. People ‘buy’ friendship and love all the time. The grossest forms of this, of course, are sex slavery, prostitution, and pseudo-prostitution. We live in…