I've spent significant time, energy and resources learning the proper way to talk about this foolish message. It seems ironic to me that maybe a good bit of theology or God talk (theos=God logos=word) is about making the foolish message sound wise. By that I mean (you see how it happens) religious professionals (or is that the professionally religious) carefully define this foolishness so as to fit it into an orthodox box lest we sound silly and stray into heresy. Don’t get me wrong, how we talk about God matters but the cross is not a theological construct. It is a sadistic instrument of torture conceived by the wise and powerful human mind. And in Jesus God decided foolishly in weakness to die on one. I think I’ll stop and stay with that thought for awhile before dressing up the ugliness of the cross in carefully constructed theologizing.
Heavy msg. Always interested in and love the Greek nation and it's people. Also loved how they fought the banks during their financial crisis. Spent a year there in the military. Met some very interesting people in the Greek military.
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