Displacing the foolishness of the cross
This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”
Michael Haykin writes a thoughtful post on our tendency to depend on models for what God alone can give:
As D.A. Carson, whose life and writings have been a tremendous inspiration to me personally, has rightly said: “We depend on plans, programs, vision statements—but somewhere along the way we have succumbed to the temptation to displace the foolishness of the cross with the wisdom of strategic planning.”