Rethinking the Bible with Jack Pelham

Rethinking the Bible with Jack Pelham


Episode 13: The Profile of a Fool, According to Proverbs. Part A

September 27, 2020

DESCRIPTION: In this “experimental” episode, Jack is off the script with a list of proverbs about fools and foolishness. It’s a frank and down-to-earth discussion comparing our intended role as people created in God’s image and likeness to the schemes that the fool would rather play out instead. NOTE: All the Bible passages used in the episode appear below for your convenience.

SCRIPTURES USED IN THIS EPISODEFor your convenience, I have listed all the scriptures used in this episode below. You may find it helpful to have this page open while you listen. Where there are hyperlinks, they lead to the same passage at BibleGateway.com, where you can study the passage in its context, or switch translations, etc.

Proverbs 7:9 This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.”

KNOWLEDGE/WISDOM

ESV Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;    fools despise wisdom and instruction.

ESV Proverbs 1:22 “How long,