I used to enjoy reading the opinion section of the newspaper. Letters to the editor expressed thoughts ranging from wise to outright crazy. Occasionally I sent one in myself, wise in my mind but likely crazy to others.

Today letters to the editor have gone nuclear, with frenzied opinions flaring across news channels and social media feeds like a combination of the covid virus and a cockroach infestation. So called experts and influencers declare their views as superior to all others. Half-truths masquerade as gospel.

Opinions echo from sea to shining sea, with few reflecting true wisdom. Paul shared these thoughts:

Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?…For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

Whatever I choose to take in and believe, it pays to check against the wisdom of the Lord—the Word of God. Because if what I hold to as wisdom fails the God test, then it’s not wisdom at all.

1 Corinthians 1 in reading the Bible in 2023

Photo by Austin Distel