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all has been tried, follow reason and buy A Sermon from the Old Testament After last week’s morbid lesson about Absalom’s death, it’s nice to get a little reprieve. Hearing about Solomon’s faithful request for wisdom, is the just the balm we need after what we had to sit through last week. This is some real “family values” kind of stuff today… Only, and maybe it’s just me, but this story rings a little hollow, doesn’t it ? I mean; yes, Solomon is known for his wisdom , sure; but that isn’t all he is known for, is it? …Yeah; Solomon is also known for his many wives, and his worship of those wive’s foreign gods. While there may be a little foreshadowing about Solomon’s unfaithfulness in our reading today; this story of humble Solomon asking for wisdom, it just comes across as pretty saccharine, when you take the whole gamut of Solomon’s life into account… And that isn’t even all that rings hollow about this story today! There’s also the obvi...