Wise and Foolish Builders

“[Telegraphy] gave a form of legitimacy to the idea of context-free information; that is, to the idea that the value of information need not be tied to any function it might serve […] The telegraph made information into a commodity, a ‘thing’ that could be bought and sold irrespective of its uses or meaning.”
- Neil Postman

“The tie between information and action has been severed. Information is now… a form of entertainment, or worn like a garment to enhance one’s status. […] we are glutted with information, drowning in information, have no control over it, don’t know what to do with it.”
- Neil Postman

Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Matthew 7:24

Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them…
- Matthew 7:24

Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it…
- Matthew 7:24

Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them…
- Matthew 7:24

Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.
- Matthew 7:24-27

“Hoping does not mean doing nothing. It is not fatalistic resignation. It means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.”
- Eugene Peterson

Let your light shine before others by your good deeds (Matthew 5)
Fight anger & lust (Matthew 5)
Keep your promises (Matthew 5)
Love your enemies (Matthew 5)
Quietly give to those in need (Matthew 6)
Store up heavenly treasures, not earthly ones (Matthew 6)
Stop worrying about tomorrow, trust God today (Matthew 6)
Do not judge (Matthew 7)

The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in
whom I take refuge.
- Psalm 18:2