Finished Reading “Heretics”

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  "G. K. Chesterton, the "Prince of Paradox," is at his witty best in this collection of twenty essays and articles from the turn of the twentieth century. Focusing on  "heretics" - those who pride themselves on their superiority to Christian views - Chesterton appraises prominent figures who fall into that category from the literary and art worlds... those who hold incomplete and inadequate views about "life, the universe, and everything." He is, in short, criticizing all that host of non-Christian views of reality, as he demonstrated in his follow-up book Orthodoxy. The book is both an easy read and a difficult read. But he manages to demonstrate, among other things, that our new 21st century heresies are really not new because he himself deals with most of them." (Goodreads)

Three Facets of Foolishness

1. Stubbornness

The fool hates being told what to do: Proverbs 1:22
The fool is complacent: Proverbs 1:31
The fool rejectes wisdom: Proverbs 8:5

2. Arrogance

The fool won't listen: Proverbs 12:15
The fool is right in his own eyes: Proverbs 12:15
The fool mocks at the consequences of his sin: Proverbs 14:9

3. Pride

The fool talks for the sake of talking: Proverbs 17:7
The fool find sport in wickedness: Proverbs 10:23

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