PPT-The Rich Fool

Luke 121321 Robert C Newman The Rich Fool This is an old story that is very relevant for today It is also a special type of parable apparently found only in the Gospel of Luke We call these sorts of stories sample or paradigm parables because they give a sample of the lesson they are teaching rather than giving an earthly story with a heavenly meaning as the usual parable does. 2 A Fool Such As I Im a fool but Ill love you dear un til the day I die Now and then theres a fool such as I Now and then theres a fool such as I Now and then theres a fool such as I A FOOL SUCH AS I Intro A C7 D A each gets 4 beats A E7 A D7 A Now a . King Lear. Harold Bloom. “You could remove the Fool and Horatio and not alter much in the way of plot structures, but you would remove out surrogates from these plays, for the Fool and Horatio are the true voices of our feeling.” . rich fool. Luke 12:16-21. ALL . THE PARABLES OF JESUS UNVEILED. On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. . 2 . And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. . King Lear. and the Collapse of Civilisation. The collapse of civilisation. Freud: . Civilization and its Discontents . (1930) . According to Freud, man is ‘a savage beast to whom consideration towards his own kind is something alien’ (1962: 59).. Teaches . on Fools. Way of . the Wise. Proverbs 9:10. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”. Psalm 14:1. The fool says in his heart, . “. There is no God.”. Way of . Fools. Way of Righteousness. 9-Stupid is as Stupid Does. Select Proverbs on the fool. Big Idea:. Don’t Settle for a Life of Foolishness. A Fool . mocks. . wise . counsel and correction. אֱוִיל. or . אִוֶּלֶת . – . Lesson . 14 . : The . Fool And His Folly. Learning From Opposites. A good way to learn about something is to study its opposite.. To understand happiness, for example, you also must understand sorrow.. Luke 12:13-21. The scene:. Luke 12:1a . In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to . say to His disciples first of all,….  . Homer Simpson is world-renowned for being a fool, through his inadequacies as a father figure, from his turbulent career working for Mr Burns and through his many well-documented failures. However, a man who can boast having gone to space on a NASA space programme, owned an NFL team and fronted one of the most successful television programmes of all time is unlikely to also be a fool by normal human convention and his achievements must be taken into account.. The Green Light. Symbolizes both the unattainable dream of Gatsby’s past and the future at the same time. . “Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever…It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one” – Nick . Legend says . … April Fools Day started with a change in the calendar. The “new year” celebration was moved from April 1. st. to Jan 1. st. . . Some people did not hear about this change for many years. Other ignored the change, and continued to celebrate as they had always. These people were called “fools”. . Jesus. . vs. Religion. ROUND ONE:. The Subtle Poison of Religion. Jesus. . vs. Religion. ROUND TWO:. The Danger of. Being “Right”. Jesus. . vs. Religion. ROUND TWO:. The . (. adj. ) direct and outspoken in a good-natured way. (n) a steep, high cliff or bank. (n) an attempt to fool someone. (v) to deceive or trick; to try to fool others by putting on a confident front. cautious. 13 . Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”. 14 . Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?”. 15 . Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”.