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Article: God's folly & the weakness of wisdom.
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- Presbyterian Record
- Article date:
- March 1, 2000
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If philosophy and ideology leave God out and miracles seek to manipulate God, what is the alternative?
One little paragraph, but what a paragraph! Paul begins with the strong assertion that the cross is foolishness for the perishing but the power of God to those being saved.
For people then and now, the cross is a scandal to sensible religion and a stumbling block to reasonable faith. It is an embarrassment to those who seek to harness the power of God and to those who depend on their minds to determine life's meaning. The cross gets in the way of all such attempts. Though it appears to be the very opposite, it is a strange sign of God's power and of ...