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Book Synopsis60 four-page chapters taken from Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs
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Table of ContentsCONTENTS
About the Straight to the Heart Series 10
Introduction: Life Works God’s Way 12
LESSON ONE: LEARN GOD’S WAY (Proverbs 1–9)
Two Won’t Do (1:1–7) 19
The Five Faces of a Fool (1:8–33) 23
Better than Money (2:1–22) 28
The Tree of Life (3:1–35) 32
Water Supply (4:1–27) 36
Free Chocolate (5:1–7:27) 40
Make Tracks (6:20–24) 44
Choose (8:1–9:18) 48
LESSON TWO: LIVE GOD’S WAY (Proverbs 10–31)
Solomon’s Toolkit (10:1–22:16) 55
The Righteous and the Wicked (10:1–32) 59
God at Work (11:1) 64
Money Talks (11:16–28) 69
Wisdom is Contagious (11:30) 73
Strong on the Inside (12:4) 77
The Strongest Muscle (12:6–13:3) 81
The Sluggard (13:4) 85
Two Ears, One Mouth (13:10–20) 89
A Hearing Heart (14:12) 93
God in Disguise (14:20–31) 97
Beads and Trinkets (15:16–17) 102
How to Make God Hate You (16:1–19) 106
How Not to Help the Poor (16:26) 110
Two Big Brothers (17:15) 114
Omission (18:9) 118
Swimming with Sharks (18:10–11) 122
Christmas 1914 (18:17) 126
How to Murder Your Child (19:18–19) 130
Kindness to Fools (19:25, 29) 135
Get Out of God’s Way (20:22) 139
The Last Word (21:30–31) 143
Solomon’s Friends (22:17–24:22) 147
First Things First (24:23–34) 151
Solomon’s Missing Tools (25:1–29:27) 155
When Good Men Do Nothing (25:2–28) 159
The Royal Mail (25:13–14) 163
Tomato Doesn’t Go in a Fruit Salad (26:1–16) 167
Careless Talk Costs Lives (26:17–27:6) 171
Enough is Enough (27:7–27) 175
What God Hates about Sundays (28:9) 179
A Straight Ruler (28:1–29:27) 184
Solomon’s Students (30:1–33) 188
Choose Your Co-Pilot (31:1–31) 192
LESSON THREE: LOVE GOD’S WAY (Song of Songs)
Love Song (1:1) 199
From a Distance (1:2–2:7) 203
Waiting for the Day (2:8–3:5) 207
Wedding Day and Wedding Night (3:6–5:1) 211
The Wake-Up Call (5:2–6:3) 216
Vintage Love (6:4–8:4) 220
Love’s Conclusion (8:5–14) 224
LESSON FOUR: KEEP TO GOD’S WAY
(Ecclesiastes)
Flight 007 (1:1) 231
Life Minus God (1:2–11) 236
Well-Fed Fools (1:12–2:26) 240
The Return of Mr Incredible (3:1–15) 244
Darkness and Light (3:16–6:12) 248
Fifteen (7:1–8:8) 252
Fifteen More (8:9–11:6) 256
Fighter Pilots (11:1–6) 260
The Return of the King (11:7–12:14) 264
Conclusion: Life Works God’s Way 268
