Doves and Snakes
I spoke on Matthew 10:16 tonight:
Be innocent as doves and shrewd as snakes.
I think truth is found in the tension of opposites. Where there is no tension you tyically have one-dimensional truth. Job 11:6 says, "True wisdom has two sides." Truth tends to be two-dimensional. For example, work like it depends on you and pray like it depends on God. It's both/and.
One of my favorite juxtapositions is doves and snakes in Matthew 10:16. We have to couple motivational purity with contextual intelligence. One or the other isn't enough. We have to pass the dove test and snake test.
Be innocent as doves and shrewd as snakes.
I think truth is found in the tension of opposites. Where there is no tension you tyically have one-dimensional truth. Job 11:6 says, "True wisdom has two sides." Truth tends to be two-dimensional. For example, work like it depends on you and pray like it depends on God. It's both/and.
One of my favorite juxtapositions is doves and snakes in Matthew 10:16. We have to couple motivational purity with contextual intelligence. One or the other isn't enough. We have to pass the dove test and snake test.
2 Comments:
Mark, this is one of my favorite passages, and I couldn't agree more about truth being found in "the tension of opposites." I think one of the strongest qualities of Christianity is that paradox is orthodox.
Brian,
It really is a "guiding passage" for me--a philosophy of ministry.
Paradox is orthodox.
Dude, that is so good...
Mark
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