The message of the cross 

is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! 

But we who are being saved 

know it is the very power of God. 

As the Scriptures say, 

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise 

and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.” 

So where does this leave the philosophers, 

the scholars, 

and the world’s brilliant debaters? 

God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish.

Since God in his wisdom saw to it 

that the world would never know him 

through human wisdom…

1 Corinthians 1:18-21