The gospel in words: 'Fool'

Published: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:59 p.m. MDT
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"And save they shall cast these things away, and consider themselves fools before God, and come down in the depths of humility, he will not open unto them." (2 Nephi 9:42)

A "fool" is one who is deficient in judgment or sense, one who acts or behaves stupidly, a silly person, a simpleton (Oxford English Dictionary). "The fool in biblical language, is a combination of stupid perversity and rebellion against God and all that sensible people stand for. He is willfully perverted, rebellious, knowingly wicked to his own harm" (Dallas Willard, "The Divine Conspiracy").

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It serves to illustrate the changing currency of language, and also...

Ronnie Bray | June 18, 2009 at 3:45 p.m.

nice work, thank you

hbeckett | June 18, 2009 at 1:31 a.m.

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