Two Kinds of Wisdom
What kind of wisdom is our church showing?
We are reading the book of James slowly and carefully with online teacher Jon Swanson. This great little book that almost didn’t make it into today’s Bible (church leaders didn’t care for what it said) is filled with down-to-earth wisdom.
Today we read James 3:13-17.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where you have envy and selfish ambition,there you find disorder and every evil practice.
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
What kind of wisdom do we see in our Church today? (Pastors we’ve tried to talk to have been uniform in their response: We have to trust the wisdom of the bishop.)
What kind of wisdom do YOU see?