The Smartest Man in the Room - Scene 3: "The Quickest Trip from Wisdom to Foolishness"
This week we'll be concluding the sermon series, "The Smartest Man in the Room: Lessons From the Life of Solomon." It's been an interesting ride these past few weeks as we have drawn our inspiration for this sermon series from an unlikely source: The Emmy Award winning television show, "Mad Men." Like the character of Don Draper from "Mad Men," Solomon had a problem with self-indulgence. He denied himself nothing, and then soon realized that when you constantly deny yourself nothing, you end up with nothing. Solomon seemed like he had everything, though. Solomon had 700 "princess wives" and 300 concubines at his disposal. The princess wives were the by-product of alliances with other tribes, nations and kings. Their purpose was to strengthen his position in the world and produce children to spread his legacy. The concubines were for... other reasons. Even his drinking glasses were priceless. Mine are mix and matchers f...