“What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!” – Jeremy Taylor1
“There is nothing more foolish than an act of wickedness; there is no wisdom equal to that of obeying God.” – Albert Barnes
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“I was being foolish. An atheist can’t stand behind their assertion that God doesn’t exist. The stupidest thing I ever could have done was to reject His Truth.” – Kirk Cameron
“If you have ever prayed in the dawn you will ask yourself why you were so foolish as not to do it always: it is difficult to get into communion with God in the midst of the hurly-burly of the day.” – Oswald Chambers
“Only a fool thinks he can fool God.” – Woodrow Kroll
“The fool wanders, a wise man travels.” – Thomas Fuller
“Every Christian who does not study, really study, the Bible every day is a fool.” – R. A. Torrey
“You can believe a whole lot of foolish things, but God doesn’t want you to do that. He wants your faith to rest upon the Word of God.”- J. Vernon McGee
“What fools are they who, for a drop of pleasure, drink a sea of wrath.” – Thomas Watson
“Those that disobey the commandments of God do so foolishly for themselves. Sin is folly, and sinners are the greatest fools.” – Matthew Henry
“Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant, turning his weak brain giddy.” – Owen Feltham
“Posterity will one day laugh at the sublime foolishness of the modern materialistic philosophy. The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. I pray while I am engaged at my work in the laboratory.” – Louis Pasteur
“The cross guarantees that even in your darkest moment God will never turn in disgust and walk away. There is no rebellion, no weakness, no foolishness, no evil of heart that the cross can’t defeat and grace can’t transform.” – Paul David Tripp
“We cannot rely on ourselves, for we have learned by bitter experience the folly of self-confidence. We are compelled to look to the Lord alone. Blessed is the wind that drives the ship into the harbor. Blessed is the distress that forces us to rest in our God.” – Charles Spurgeon
1 All of these quotes are from the websites below:
The Fine Art of Not Being a Fool: Why Wisdom Still Has Teeth (and Why Neveu Is Chewing on Them.)
My little apologetic flourish is a reminder that foolishness isn’t merely a moral misstep. It’s a worldview malfunction.
Scripture, history, and even the scientists in lab coats keep whispering the same thing. Wisdom begins where self-importance ends.
I took a break to speak about Communion in the mountains at a small church, and I experienced its spiritual uniqueness, a feeling of agape in Spring.
So I thought I’d dust off my stroll and get back in the saddle here, with a smirk, with a lantern, with a ledger…on a slightly fragrant sketch just to show that the Christian worldview isn’t merely “less foolish.” It’s the only one that doesn’t collapse under its own weight. Oye Lo.
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Three Quotes That Matter (and why they sting.)
1. Jeremy Taylor: “All the skill of art is not able to make an oyster.”
The man basically says: If you can’t make a mollusk, maybe don’t lecture the universe on origins.
Methinks this is Curt’s favorite kind of audit, where the books don’t balance, and the atheist accountant keeps insisting the numbers “just appeared.”
New Jack translation: If chance can’t whip up a seashell, it’s not building galaxies on its lunch break.
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2. Woodrow Kroll: “Only a fool thinks he can fool God.”
This one is like already having a buzz cut and then asking for the razor fade: sharp, clean, and aimed right between the pretensions.
Trying to fool God is like trying to sneak past a lighthouse. You’re illuminated before you even start. The Christian worldview doesn’t just warn against sin. It warns against stupidity dressed as strategy.
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3. Paul David Tripp: “There is no rebellion, no weakness, no foolishness… that the cross can’t defeat and grace can’t transform.”
This is the quote that flips the script, and drips off the manure trying to dry.
Christianity doesn’t merely diagnose foolishness. It cures it. The cross is the cosmic “reset button” for every person who has ever face-planted morally, spiritually, or intellectually. I bet Curt loves this one because it’s the gospel with a wink. It’s whispering, “You’re a mess, darling, but grace is better at cleaning than you are at ruining.”
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4. (Cuz its more than 3, babe.)
“The fool insists he’s self-made. The wise man knows he’s God rescued.” Short, sharp, and Neveu-approved. It passes audit.
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A Few Thoughts for the Brats (the small sticky ones that Jesus loves). Remember, kids:
• If you think you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re probably standing in the pantry.
• God isn’t impressed when you pretend you didn’t hear Him. He invented ears.
• Your smarts grow when you ask good questions. What we adults call foolish grows when you pretend you already know everything.
• Read your Bible: yes, it counts as “leveling up.”
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Leave the Tip: Foolishness is loud, but wisdom whispers—listen closely, and you’ll hear God clearing His throat.