In this edition of “Timeless Wisdom from Rev. Ermal Wilson” we will hear the first of three sermons from a Revival at Trinity Wesleyan Church in Oak Hill, Ohio. In this first message he shares with us from the prayer of Jabez, which he had bee

If God Will Give You One More Year – Rev. Ermal Wilson

Jan 27th, 2015

We live in a world where you can find pretty much everything online. There are archives of all kinds out there. You can hear voices every since there have been devices to record them. Of course, this massive online collection is also filled wit

Launch Failed…Moving Back Home – Proverbious – Day 49 – Proverbs 10:1-2

Feb 19th, 2013

Proverbs 10:1-2 The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother. Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger. We live in a day where it i

Waldorf and Statler – Proverbious – Day 48 – Proverbs 9:13-18

Feb 18th, 2013

Proverbs 9:13-18 The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything. So she sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straigh

Smack Talk – Proverbious – Day 47 – Proverbs 9:11-12

Feb 17th, 2013

Proverbs 9:11-12 For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it. I am a big Ohio State Buckeyes fan. And not j

The Cramming Conundrum – Proverbious – Day 46 – Proverbs 9:9-10

Feb 16th, 2013

Have you ever crammed for a test? I know I did. For much of my life I have been a procrastinator. For some reason, there are just some things that I can’t get motivated to do until the last minute. I don’t know why. I understand it with things

Argumentum ad hominem – Proverbious – Day 45 – Proverbs 9:7-8

Feb 15th, 2013

Argumentum ad hominem. Woh, latin boy! What you speaky? Okay, if you’re not familiar with logic and the fallacies that exist when trying to make a logical argument, let me introduce you to the Argumentum ad hominem, commonly referred to as ad h

Wisdom Willow Bed and Breakfast – Proverbious – Day 44 – Proverbs 9:1-6

Feb 13th, 2013

Welcome to the Wisdom Willow Bed and Breakfast. Wisdom Willow (WW) sits nestled in the valley at the base of reason and understanding. This beautiful Jewish home is well removed from the main pathways. Originally built mid-century, some-time, B

Jethro and Calvin – Proverbious – Day 43 – Proverbs 8:32-36

Feb 13th, 2013

You can imagine the scene in your head. Maybe it’s from a movie, I don’t know as I can’t remember what it would be from…But, the scene goes something like this. There’s a grumpy older gentlemen (We’ll call him Jethro) who has an intial interati

Glue, Keys and Horses – Proverbious – Day 42 – Proverbs 8:22-31

Feb 12th, 2013

The glue that holds everything together. The only real key to success in life. The answer to why your life is such a wreck. The reason you haven’t been able to get all of your life running in the same direction. Why it feels like you have 6 hor

The real “man” – Proverbious – Day 41 – Proverbs 8:14-21

Feb 11th, 2013

Do you want to be the guy calling all the shots? Do you want to be the guy making all the decisions, the guy with the real authority? Do you want to be the real “man?” I guess the real question is, who is that man? If you want the lights, fame

Sheldon Cooper Versus the Kingdom of God – Proverbious – Day 40 – Proverbs 8:12-13

Feb 10th, 2013

This may totally color your opinion of me, but my wife and I are fans of the show “The Big Bang Theory.” We don’t love all of it, but I kind of connect with the geekyness of the characters on the show. While I never collected comic books, never

Forest Fire Warning Siren – Proverbious – Day 39 – Proverbs 8:1-11

Feb 8th, 2013

When my wife and I got married, we didn’t have much money. Of course, we’d heard people say that if you wait until you have enough money to get married, you’ll never get married. I hear people say the same thing about having kids. If you wait u

The Toy Story 3 Comparison – Proverbious – Day 38 – Proverbs 7:24-27

Feb 8th, 2013

I remember the first time I watched Toy Story. Everyone was talking about it. We were all amazed at how real the animation looked. There was so much detail, pieces of fuzz here and there and scuff marks on the door. As you can imagine, our kids

Widow at the Window – Proverbious – Day 37 – Proverbs 7:6-23

Feb 7th, 2013

A few years ago, before we lived in our current house, we lived in a neighborhood that had a few older people in it. We actually lived in a town which had a larger than normal older person population. You had to give up on the idea of getting a

Sibling Wisdom – Proverbious – Day 36 – Proverbs 7:1-5

Feb 6th, 2013

If you were an only child, you missed out on a lot as a kid. My wife was and now that we have four kids she knows some of the things that she missed as a child. First there are the problems: There is always someone who wants something different

Walking on Hot Coals and Playing with Fire – Proverbious – Day 35 – Proverbs 6:27-35

Feb 5th, 2013

I have absolutely no desire to try to walk across hot coals. Just don’t. You may try to tell me that I can gain some kind of mental power out of it, but I will laugh at you. If you think you get mental power and clarity by walking on hot coals,

“This is my house, I have to defend it.” – Proverbious – Day 34 – Proverbs 6:20-26

Feb 4th, 2013

Thanks to my wife, we have been having family nights on Fridays. It’s one of the best things we do as a family. We have heard about other families who do this and love it, but for some reason we never did it. Probably because I was dragging my

Haughty Eyes – Proverbious – Day 33 – Proverbs 6:16-19

Feb 3rd, 2013

I have floaters in my eyes. I’m sure many of you have them as well. I noticed them one summer day while I was looking up at the blue sky. It freaked me out. It looked like a worm that I could kind of see through, but still see the outline of. I

A Wink and a Nod – Proverbious – Day 32 – Proverbs 6:12-15

Feb 1st, 2013

I guess I’m getting old. I had a conversation with a young man recently who didn’t know what the Challenger was. I had to explain it to him. He was about 15, so it was kind of depressing. Not just to think that I am getting old, but to think th

Ants’hillvania – Proverbious – Day 31 – Proverbs 6:6-11

Feb 1st, 2013

Let me be real with you. I’ve not wanted to write this post. I’m not the kind of guy that you’d be able to compare to an ant. I’m the other guy in the story. I always have been, and I probably always will be. At least when it comes to my natura

Chew Your Leg Out Of That Bear Trap – Proverbious – Day 30 – Proverbs 6:1-5

Jan 31st, 2013

A few months ago – actually years – before we had our first child, we decided we needed a new car. We had two cars, a ’95 Jeep Cherokee and a ’92 Plymouth Sundance. It was also 2006, so our newest car was 11 years old. And, I was making a 120 m

High School Sweethearts – Proverbious – Day 29 – Proverbs 5:18-23

Jan 30th, 2013

I am blessed with an amazing heritage from both my parents and their parents. They are all amazing people who have been astounding examples to their families and the effect of their lives will be long-lived. They were not perfect, nor are our f

Sippy Cup Sharing – Proverbious – Day 28 – Proverbs 5:15-17

Jan 29th, 2013

Sippy cups are a great thing. I remember the ones we had when I was a kid. They were the Tupperware kind. They had a snap on lid that was pretty hard to get on – so chances were pretty good that you were going to spill the whole cup of juice tr

Nickname of Infamy – Proverbious – Day 27 – Proverbs 5:12-14

Jan 28th, 2013

There was one day in my freshman year of high school that would be forgotten (or blocked out) as most of them are if I had listened to my sister’s advice. And after I experienced this day, I really wish I had listened. Really, really. If you gr