Where Wisdom and Foolishness Meet

Pondering why we take so much delight in each other's foolishness, Ross Erb, pastor of children, youth and families at Park View Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg, VA., contrasted foolishness and wisdom in a sermon based on Matthew 7:21-29. He defined foolishness as "not thinking through the consequences of our actions," and wisdom as the development of good judgment acquired with time and experience. The wisdom of which Jesus spoke was going against the conventional wisdom of the culture by putting into action, not words or right theology, an understanding of God's will for our lives. We are called to live a life of discipline, the bearers of good fruit, the building on rock rather than sand.