The Power of the Past

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the sight of God. For it is written: “He is the one who catches the wise by their craftiness”;  1 Corinthians 3:19 NASB Foolishness – Pay attention to Richard Lim’s insight: “Christians, in particular, bore the brunt of such polemical assaults because they lacked the protective armor of…

The Moral Outcast

My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness.  Psalm 38:5  NASB Wounds/ foolishness – Umbrellas.  That’s how you must think when it comes to Hebrew vocabulary.  Big umbrellas.  Lots of space underneath.  Lots of places for words to shift and change and rearrange.  And all that moving around means we might find something important in the…

Stupid Or Resistant?

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being save it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Foolishness – I read the footnotes.  Footnotes often contain bits of information that are essential for understanding the author’s method and meaning.  For example, R. F….