Fathers, The Clay Is Still Wet | Family Integrated Church

Pilgrim: a Podcast from Pastor Fortunato · May 13, 2026 · 48m

📖 Proverbs 4:1-9 • Solomon looks back at his boyhood and realizes — his father's love got in the door before the teaching ever did. And the clay was still soft.

⛪ Preached at Pilgrim Baptist Church • Cookeville, TN • March 8, 2026.

There's a moment in Proverbs 4 that stops you cold. Solomon — the wisest man who ever lived — switches seats mid-sermon. One verse he's the father at the head of the table. The next, he's the boy again, hearing daddy's voice. He didn't get his wisdom from his throne. He got it when he was tender. And that window doesn't stay open forever.

Clay is easy to shape when…