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	Foolishness and Power: The Boasting of God at FoolishBlog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Usually when something is foolish, its foolishness deprives it of power (or it is considered foolish because it has no power).
		The reason why the Gospel is foolish and powerful at the same time is that the God who made it powerful also made it foolish, and He made it foolish by His power.
		The foolish, weak Gospel proves that â€œthe foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than menâ€ (1 Cor.
	www.foolishblog.com /2005/11/16/foolishness-and-power-the-boasting-of-god (1670 words)

	The Foolishness of the Cross, Part One
		The foolishness of the cross underlines the scandalous nature of the Christian ministry.
		It may be foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.
		The King James Version translates the verse to say "the foolishness of preaching." But it is not the act of preaching that is said to be foolish.
	www.albertmohler.com /commentary_read.php?cdate=2006-04-24 (1015 words)

	Bible study and Christian Bible studies (THE FOOLISHNESS OF THE CROSS)
		He writes of the foolishness of the cross; the foolishness of wisdom, and the foolishness of preaching, and most shocking of all, for it seems to border on blasphemy, Paul even writes in verse 25 of the foolishness of God.
		If we never identify with the foolishness of the cross, and always conform to the wisdom of the world, we will still be fools, but not the kind we are called to be.
		It is foolishness to leave the 99 and risk injury, and who knows what abuse, to go after that one stupid sheep who has gone astray.
	www.faithmania.com /glenn-pease-article-foolishness.html (2719 words)

	The Foolishness of God (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
		For the foolishness of God is wiser that human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger that human strength.
		For I tell you the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
	home.att.net /~sapc-ct/Sermons06/s060319.htm (2390 words)

	Participatory Bible Study Blog » Blog Archive » Baptized Foolishness
		It is the foolishness of the cross that destroys the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning.
		It is through the foolishness of the proclamation, which Paul has already alluded to in verse 17 as the focus of his ministry, that God has chosen in order to save people.
		It is not that human foolishness is greater than human wisdom, it is that God’s foolishness (relatively speaking) is greater than the greatest of human wisdom.
	www.participatorystudyseries.com /biblestudy/?p=16 (1683 words)

	Foolishness and Cleansing
		Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
		Sin is the ultimate in foolishness, and when foolishness is committed the chances are extremely high that pain is going to follow right on the heels.
		We are being shown, here in Leviticus, is that the foolishness of the worshippers during the year is being transferred to the tabernacle and its furniture, and that once a year everything is cleansed of its defilement.
	cgg.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Audio.details/ID/870/Foolishness-Cleansing.htm (6949 words)

	Foolishness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A personification of foolishness by Giotto di Bondone
		Foolishness is anything that can be considered horseplay, goofing off, blasphemous, inappropriate, or (rather obviously) foolish.
		It can also refer to unnecessary, pointless, or non-beneficial actions of a group of people, as in, "Once the city government is done with all that foolishness down by the new post office, they can get back to business." One person's foolishness is often another person's wisdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foolishness (109 words)

	On Weakness and Foolishness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		To foolishness can be added failure and every other kind of word that is an offense in the world, but a delight to God.
		Weakness and foolishness are therefore inherent in the faith, and are the key to the revelation of God’s glory.
		The spirit of foolishness, weakness, failure is the spirit that overcomes the powers of this world.
	www.benisrael.org /articles/weakness_foolishness.htm (1554 words)

	The Foolishness of the Cross, Part Two
		In 1 Corinthians chapter 1, Paul argues that God's purposes in the world are accomplished "through the foolishness of the message preached." The message that the cross of Jesus Christ saves those who believe--this is what is well-pleasing to God.
		It is a counter-intuitive wisdom--a wisdom that runs entirely counter to the wisdom of the age.
		First of all, from the perspective of the Jewish mind, the cross was not the answer to their theological equation.
	www.albertmohler.com /commentary_read.php?cdate=2006-04-26 (1241 words)

	FIRST-PERSON: Foolishness during the Easter season - (BP)
		It is not a foolishness associated with the wisdom of the world, rather it is the foolishness associated with the wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:21-22).
		It is "the foolishness of God" (1 Corinthians 1:25) that is rooted in the cross of Jesus Christ and the "weakness of God" that comes "in demonstration of the Spirit and of power" (1 Corinthians 2:4) whenever the Gospel of Jesus Christ is faithfully preached.
		I understand that human foolishness ought to be kept quiet, whether it's my own personal foolish thinking or whipping the Easter bunny in a passion "show." But I also understand that divine foolishness must be spoken.
	www.bpnews.net /printerfriendly.asp?ID=23047 (733 words)

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		The most prominent aspect of "foolishness" is moral perversion or insolence, not mental stupidity.
		It does not surprise us that children who are not lovingly chastened by the rod of correction in the hand of their parents must be harshly punished in their adulthood by the sword of justice in the hand of the magistrate (Romans 13:3f).
		Thereby the guilt of their foolishness is truly driven away because "by His stripes we are healed" (v.5b) and "justified" (v.11), and Jehovah says "their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more" (Hebrews 8:12; 10:17; Jeremiah 31:34).
	grace-for-today.com /2426.htm (1109 words)

	The Foolishness of God
		For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
		For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
		It is the “foolishness of God” that destroys the wisdom of the world.
	www.calvarymemorial.com /sermons/SMdisplay.asp?id=327 (3020 words)

	Torman Maxt - The Foolishness Of God
		Foolishness is the final chapter, with the soothing Life Sketches IV: Eternity.
		The final track is the epic title track, which is very much in the Rush style (both vocals and music).
		At times the music winds down, as for instance in Faith and Foolishness, but only a little later the band rages on again.
	www.cs.uu.nl /people/jur/reviews/thefoolishnessofgod.html (847 words)

	Crosswalk.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The heaviest concentration of the Hebrew words referring to foolishness is in the Wisdom literature, where the fool is constantly contrasted with the wise.
		Believers are urged not to be foolish (Eph 5:15-16) and to distinguish carefully between heavenly and earthly wisdom (Jas 3:13-18).
		The believer is not to be foolish, but to "understand what the Lord's will is" (Eph 5:17).
	bible.crosswalk.com /Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/bed.cgi?number=T269 (717 words)

	Fool.com: What Is Foolishness? [The 13 Steps to Investing Foolishly]
		Foolish response: Well, they spend hundreds of millions a year on TV commercials insisting that they can help us, but...
		By "Fools," of course, we don't just mean ourselves -- we also mean the millions of Foolish readers who come in here every month looking to answer one another's Foolish questions on our discussion boards.
		We believe that when you take control of your financial life, you're taking control of your destiny, and that you'll be rewarded for doing so.
	www.fool.com /school/13steps/13steps01.htm (1206 words)

	The Olive Press - an online publication of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
		So it is in the Scriptures that foolishness is to be left unspoken and it is to be left undone.
		It is not a foolishness associated with the wisdom of the world, rather it is the foolishness associated with the wisdom of God (1 Cor 1:21-22).
		It is âthe foolishness of Godâ (1 Cor 1:25) that is rooted in the cross of Jesus Christ and the âweakness of Godâ that comes âin demonstration of the Spirit and of powerâ (1 Cor 2:4) whenever the gospel of Jesus Christ is faithfully preached.
	www.sebts.edu /olivepressonline/index.cfm?PgType=2&ArticleID=410 (831 words)

	A Midsummer Night's Dream Book Notes Summary by William Shakespeare: Topic Tracking: Love's Foolishness
		Love's Foolishness 2: Young Helena is unabashedly in love with Demetrius, a man who not only despises her, but is in love with her close friend, Hermia.
		Love's Foolishness 6: Oberon places the magic juice on Titania's eyes hoping that she will fall in love with "something vile" Act 2, Scene 2, lines 33-34.
		Love's Foolishness 9: The image of Titania waking up to fall in love with the donkey-faced Bottom is pure mockery of the ideal of love.
	www.bookrags.com /notes/mnd/TOP3.htm (1031 words)

	Dwell in His Presence-for great power not foolishness of man
		Do not despise those whom you perceive to be of lesser status, and lesser stature and of lesser spiritual power for I shall use the foolish things of the world to confound the wise among you.
		Your Y2K computer problem is due to the foolishness of man and it will be resolved by the foolishness of man. Just as it was created in foolishness and will be resolved in foolishness so shall it create yet more foolishness.
		And these problems with their many patches shall continue to challenge the foolishness of man as he attempts to be wise in applying workable solutions for the works of his hands.
	www.angelfire.com /in/HisName/dwell.html (550 words)

	April Fool's Day -- History, Traditions, and Foolishness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.
		The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
		Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
	wilstar.com /holidays/aprilfool.htm (681 words)

	The Foolishness of Teaching (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		What a wondrous and marvelous thing it is to belong to a church that is true, and to know in our hearts of its truth and divinity, and to be privileged to drink of the fountains of living water that flow from the prophets and wise men that God has sent to minister among us.
		And that is the foolishness in the eyes of the world, in the disciplines of science, and sociology, and so on.
		But it is the foolishness of God, and the foolishness of God which is wiser than men is what brings salvation.
	emp.byui.edu /MARROTTR/FOOLISHNESS.htm (9344 words)

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		We are now getting the message across in all feature films virtually and increasingly in television shows that it is normal, even for little children, to use foul language.
		It could possibly be a blessing in disguise for me to move on to something else that is better.
		As long as you take it and use it he right way to help people, then it is not foolish.
	www.cbn.com /700club/scottross/commentary/Fame_Fortune.aspx (1908 words)

	The Fribble: The Physics of Foolishness, by MF Buck
		My college career was nearly brought to a culminating thud twenty-five years ago when I came dangerously close to flunking a class in the final term of my senior year.
		Though the sound of the horn is factual for both, the sound is also different for both.
		After all, Foolishness embraces disciplines and understandings that apply to aspects of life that go far beyond deciding when to buy and sell a stock.
	www.fool.com /Fribble/1997/Fribble970311.htm (820 words)

	God's Foolishness
		because the foolishness of God is wiser than men and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
		Daniel the Stylite was called to live on a platform for half of his earthly life.
		Daniel the Stylite and David the Dendrite were no less obedient to God's foolishness.
	orthodoxresearchinstitute.org /articles/misc/hemmings_foolishness.htm (678 words)

	foolishness blogs
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		Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
		When I was eighteen, I thought I had been there, done that, and could write a book.
	www.mindsay.com /tags/foolishness (409 words)

	Foolishness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		with all the things out of view is foolishness.
		though you know you know nothing is foolishness.
		when you know that you’ve got nothing is foolishness.
	members.tripod.com /VeryVery/foolishness.html (98 words)

	Beware Foolishness of Force - FORCE - Love-Not-Force -- TruthBearer.Org -- Bringing Christian Polygamy to the Churches!
		For many have tried to follow after such foolishness of FORCE polygamy, only to then suffer the carnage and destruction of losing their wife ---all for following such foolishness.
		No doubt that God is, of course, fully able to see her through it despite that, but if you can prevent it in the first place, then no need to take such a risk of destruction, when God's exhortation about following His wisdom from above is so clear for us.
		As such, I exhort and beseech you, even all, beware the foolishness of FORCE and seek the wisdom which is from above.
	www.truthbearer.org /love-not-force/force/beware-foolishness-of-force (1403 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Region \| Pacifying foolishness
		The legacy of equanimity and rationality possessed by presidents Hafez Al-Assad and Bashar Al-Assad differs from the Saddam Hussein's legacy of foolishness.
		When rationality faces unthinking foolishness, it does not always need to use shock and awe tactics.
		Continuity is a sign of rationality; impetuosity and impulsiveness, always temporary, are the signs of madness.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2003/637/re7.htm (2830 words)

	all things William
		If others had not been foolish, we should be so.
		The selfish smiling fool, and the sullen frowning fool, shall be both thought wise, that they may be a rod.
		It is easier to be original and foolish than original and wise.
	allthingswilliam.com /fools.html (1083 words)

	Artist Spreads Gospel by Answering Call of Foolishness
		If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you will have to become a fool so you can become wise by God’s standards.
		For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God.” 1 Corinthians 3:18-20.
		From his home in Franklin, Tenn., the master of shtick and slapstick has performed around the United States, as well as in Cuba, Poland and Bosnia, and on the Baltic coast.
	archives.umc.org /interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=6460 (927 words)

	persistence, foolishness of youth, and an inspiration .
		Subject: persistence, foolishness of youth, and an inspiration.
		Subject: RE: persistence, foolishness of youth, and an inspiration.
		He used to be one of those guys who sneaked behind enemy lines or did some other kind of spy stuff.
	www.beginnertriathlete.com /discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=47882 (2554 words)

	Crystal Clouds Quotations: Foolishness Quotations
		There are well-dressed foolish ideas, just as there are well-dressed fools.
		A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesman and philosophers and divines.
		If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
	www.crystalclouds.co.uk /quotespage.php?quotecategory=Foolishness (416 words)

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