A talk I gave at a one day youth conference in April 2013. Theme: Being willing to appear foolish to follow God.

3. What is a fool?
(fool) noun
1. One who is deficient in judgment, sense, or
understanding.
2. One who has been tricked or made to appear
ridiculous; a dupe.
3. A member of a royal or noble household who
provided entertainment, as with jokes or antics; a
jester.
4. A dessert made of stewed or puréed fruit mixed with
cream or custard and served cold.

4. What is a fool?
(fool) noun
1. One who is deficient in judgment, sense, or
understanding.
2. One who has been tricked or made to appear
ridiculous; a dupe.
3. A member of a royal or noble household who
provided entertainment, as with jokes or antics; a
jester.
4. A dessert made of stewed or puréed fruit mixed with
cream or custard and served cold.

5. Why would I want
to be a fool?

6. Why would I want
to be a fool?
Respect and obey the LORD! This is the
beginning of knowledge. Only a fool rejects
wisdom and good advice.
(Prov. 1:7)
You will be praised if you are wise, but you will
be disgraced if you are a stubborn fool.
(Prov. 3:35)

7. Why would I want
to be a fool?
Words of wisdom make good sense; the
thoughts of a fool make no sense at all.
(Prov. 15:7)
Sending a message by a fool is like chopping
off your foot and drinking poison.
(Prov. 26:6)

8. Why would I want
to be a fool?
Don't be a fool and disobey your parents. Be
smart! Accept correction.
(Prov. 15:5)

9. Foolish People
in the Bible
JOSHUA

10. Foolish People
in the Bible

11. Foolish People
in the Bible

12. Foolish People
in the Bible

13. Foolish People
in the Bible

14. Foolish People
in the Bible

15. Foolish People
in the Bible

16. Foolish People
in the Bible

17. Foolish People
in the Bible
Noah
other

18. Foolish People
in the Bible
Noah
other
Peter

19. Foolish People
in the Bible
Noah
other
Peter
Sarah

20. Foolish People
in the Bible
Noah
other
Peter
Sarah Wise Men

21. Foolish People
in the Bible
Noah
other
Peter
Sarah Wise Men
David & Goliath

22. Faith can
sometimes appear
as foolishnes
Foolish People
in the Bible
other

23. Foolish People
in the Bible
DAVID
other

24. Foolish People
in the Bible
other
And David danced before the Lord with all his
might, wearing a priestly garment. Michal, the
daughter of Saul, looked down from her
window. When she saw King David leaping
and dancing before the Lord, she was filled
with contempt for him.

25. Foolish People
in the Bible
other
… “I was dancing before the Lord, who chose
me above your father and all his family! He
appointed me as the leader of Israel, the
people of the Lord, so I celebrate before the
Lord. Yes, and I am willing to look even more
foolish than this, even to be humiliated in my
own eyes!”
2 Samuel 6:16, 21-22a NLT

26. Are you willing to
look foolish?
FEAR

27. Are you willing to
look foolish?
What is your
number 1 fear?

28. Are you willing to
look foolish?
What can you do in
faith that might
appear as foolish?

29. Are you willing to
look foolish?

30. Are you willing to
look foolish?

31. Are you willing to
look foolish?
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32. Are you willing to
look foolish?
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33. …“Which commandment is the most
important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The
most important is, „Hear, O Israel: The Lord
our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall
love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your
mind and with all your strength.‟
Mark 12:28b-30 (ESV)
Are you willing to
look foolish?

34. Are you willing to
look foolish?
The Final Word

35. “Be strong and very courageous. Be
careful to obey all the law my servant
Moses gave you; do not turn from it to
the right or to the left, that you may
be successful wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:7 (NIV)
Are you willing to
look foolish?