Ridiculed
Arthur Schopenhauer said, "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." I think that is not just truth of theology. It's true of methodology.
I want to be ridiculed. I've always felt like NCC is called to be part of the R & D department of the Kingdom of God. That means we are the ones who blow things up in the labratory! We need to have a few accidents and make a few mistakes. It's the only way to stay relevant and innovative. If we aren't being ridiculed we aren't revoultionary enough for the religious establishment. That may sound harsh, but I'm reading the gospels right now and it seems rather tame to me. Jesus had time for everybody except the self-righteous who had God all figured out. He didn't have the time of day for them! I think God prizes desperation above all else! Are we doing discipleship with desperation?
I want to be ridiculed. I've always felt like NCC is called to be part of the R & D department of the Kingdom of God. That means we are the ones who blow things up in the labratory! We need to have a few accidents and make a few mistakes. It's the only way to stay relevant and innovative. If we aren't being ridiculed we aren't revoultionary enough for the religious establishment. That may sound harsh, but I'm reading the gospels right now and it seems rather tame to me. Jesus had time for everybody except the self-righteous who had God all figured out. He didn't have the time of day for them! I think God prizes desperation above all else! Are we doing discipleship with desperation?
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