Eternal Wisdom

Wisdom is not eternal.  It is contextual, limited, relating to culture and ideals.  Were it not, it would not be wisdom.


However, we ignore ancient wisdom to our own demise. 

According to Meyers-Briggs, I'm Like This...

Most people don’t understand themselves any better than we understand ourselves. So often it is better to observe people than to ask what they are like.

Everyone's Gotta Start Somewhere

Jesus is resurrected from the dead. All knowledge about God begins there. (I Cor 15:14)

I Believe So I May Understand

“Lord, I am not trying to reach your height
For my poor mind could not even approach it.
But I do want to understand a little of Your truth
Which my heart already believes and loves.
I do not seek to understand so that I may believe
But I believe so that I may understand
And further, I believe that unless I believe I shall never understand.”
-Anselm

Emoting Reality

Many of the things we think about certain experiences or people are colored by the emotions we have when we experience them. We don’t typically like or dislike people or experiences because of who or what they are. We like or dislike them because of the feelings we were having at the time. Try to separate out people and things from your feelings of them. You may find that they were completely different than you originally thought.

Crawling Into Another Mind

You can never understand someone else’s opinions until you believe them yourself. You need to see each person as a system of belief, and then climb into their mind, accepting everything they think without criticism. Then, after exploring every part of their belief system, climb back out and compare it with the system you have. They will change you, but your beliefs will be the stronger for the experience.

Knowing God

No one knows God except Jesus. If anyone claims to know God better than Jesus, you can reject what they say without having to listen to them the rest of the way.