If you viewed the slide-show from the retreat you’ve already seen these images, but I wanted to put them together in sequence because I find them wonderfully provoking.  As I progressed out of Evangelicalism™ one of the things I found myself coming back to again and again was the statment, “There is a difference between being a ‘fool for Christ’ and just being a fool.”  I found myself saying this because I kept on hearing 1 Corinthians 3:18-20 applied to all sorts of odd things:

• the age of the Earth (the “wise of this world are trying to say that the Bible’s claim that the earth is 7000 years old is a lie!”)
• the shape of the earth (“The wise of this world say the earth is a sphere, but the Bible tells us it’s flat and I believe the Bible!”)
• the history of the United States (“the wise of this world are trying to re-write history to take away the founder’s great faith in Jesus, but we know the truth!”)
• global warming (“the wise of this world say that we need to stop global warming, but the Bible says it’s going to be re-created anyway so why should we bother?”)

This wonderful series of image displays what I’ve often said – sometimes, we’re just plain fools and there’s no glory in it – being a fool due to our own ignorance doesn’t honor Jesus one bit.  Yet, in his grace, Jesus removes our foolishness and leads us (sometimes even bears us) along the path of his salvation.  Since I was so touched, I share it with you.

Note: Yes, I have heard all the quotes listed above, even the flat earth one