Foolishness
Lack of wisdom; worldly wisdom that is foolishness to God, and gospel preaching deemed foolishness.
Also known as: Folly · Fool · Foolish · Unwise
6 documents · 3 libraries · 1994–2025
Emphasis over time
Peak: 1 document in 1994
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- BYU Speeches4 documents
- Interpreter1 document
- Scripture Central1 document
Latest
BYU Speeches
“These Foolish Things” (opens in a new tab)
Michael A Dunn · Mar 2025
Scripture Central
Why Are Alma’s Instructions to His Sons Filled with Proverbial Wisdom? (opens in a new tab)
Aug 2024
BYU Speeches
Great Expectations (opens in a new tab)
Quentin L. Cook · Nov 2020
Interpreter
Reading 1 Nephi With Wisdom (opens in a new tab)
Taylor Halverson · 2016
BYU Speeches
“Hearken unto the Counsels of God” (opens in a new tab)
Cecil O Samuelson · Apr 2008
Earliest
BYU Speeches
Sins and Mistakes (opens in a new tab)
Dallin H. Oaks · Aug 1994
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