Straight to the Heart of Solomon

Phil Moore leads a thriving multivenue church in London, UK. He also serves as a translocal Bible Teacher within the Newfrontiers family of churches. After graduating from Cambridge University in History in 1995, Phil spent time on the mission field and then time in the business world. After four years of working twice through the Bible in the original languages, he has now delivered an accessible series of devotional commentaries that convey timeless truths in a fresh and contemporary manner.  More details at www.philmoorebooks.com

CONTENTS
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